I had never spent much time in Cedar City, other than a quick pit stop here and there on the way to somewhere else. I must say I was mightily impressed with SUU and all they have to offer, and a bit surprised at the size of Cedar City. It is still very much a cow town, or a sheep town as the case may be, but it is big enough that a freshman college student could survive there just fine. Their dorms are new and their class sizes small, tuition is extremely reasonable, AND best of all, she can get a great scholarship there. No final decisions made yet, but SUU is definitely in the running.
We also drove up to Cedar Breaks, and it was stunning. I had no idea it was so gorgeous. It also didnt hurt that it was an amazing, warm sunny fall day. I think of Cedar City and that area as just being dry sagebrush, but the mountains are beautiful. We drove through Brian Head and on into Parowan and checked out the Parowan Gap too, which was really cool. That night, after it got dark, we headed back up the canyon to try our luck at star gazing. It was a beautiful clear night, but we were foiled by the light of the moon of all things. I don't think I've ever seen the moon so bright. It was more like twilight than night time, even at 11 at night.
On the way home, the night before Halloween, we stopped in Fillmore at the old territorial courthouse and took a candle lit tour in the dark. We heard lots of interesting and spooky, gory history about Fillmore from some of Fillmore's finest. It was probably one of the better Halloween activities we have ever done, and it cost a whopping dollar per person.
Us girls had a blast together, we were only missing Alisa. Audrey and Liv are finally close enough in age that they can really enjoy each other's company. I had a few tear filled moments on the way down, thinking about Audrey moving out and growing up and all that. It will be very different at our house next year without her kicking around with us every day.
we stopped in Fillmore on the way down, and heard about the spoooky candelight tours they were doing the night before Halloween
Cedar Breaks
Parowan Gap- this cool geographic feature that Indian tribes viewed as sacred and they left all kinds of petroglyphs here.. We had fun climbing around the rocks and looking for them.
Dinner at the All American Diner. You never did see so many eagles in all your life.
just sittin in the gap
wiped out
After our tour at SUU. She looks good there, no?
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