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07/11/18 - 07/14/18 Brian Head Trip



In October this year we will celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary.  This week the girls were both at camps so we decided to have a little getaway to Brian Head. Andy is just about 7 weeks out from surgery so we knew we couldn't do much (he's still on major restrictions, pretty much only allowed to walk, not much else!)  
So we decided to go somewhere close, cozy, quiet and fun. 
The weather didn't really cooperate with us but we didn't mind. We drove up Wednesday and stopped at the Porkbelly BBQ joint for lunch. We ran into Jan and Andy Hunsaker (8th ward friends from YEARS ago!!!)  It was fun to visit with them for a few minutes. 
Then we headed up Cedar Mountain. There was construction so we got to sit and wait in the canyon for 20 minutes or so. 
We swam and went in the hot tub every day while we were there. They have a very nice facilities at Cedar Breaks Lodge. 
Thursday we went down Parawan Canyon and stopped at Hidden Falls hike.  There were signs that there was water damage and we found the trails to be washed out and not real good for Andy. So after almost a mile in (we were so ALMOST there!!!) we gave up and turned around. Bummer! 

We drove to Yankee Meadows Lake but the road was washed out in several areas on the way up and the thunder was rumbling so we figured we'd better get out before we got stuck back in there. So we didn't stay long!

We went on into Parawan at ate at Calvario's Mexican restaurant. We loved it! A new favorite! Inexpensive and tasty! We can't wait to go back. We also found a bakery just a couple doors down and got some yummy treats there too!
We watched the proposal and hung out until late. 
Friday we took the lift up to the top of the mountain at Brian Head and then got off and hiked the 3 miles down the mountain. In a thunder/rain storm. The weather man said Friday was supposed to be sunny and nice. Huh. It was a fun adventure. About half way down a man in a truck asked if we were ok or if we needed a ride down. We decided to keep going.  Probably too long of a walk for Andy but he did it - conquered the mountain!
We were pretty tired after our adventure and got pizza and nachos from the cedar breaks lodge restaurant -- take out -- and watched Jurassic World.  
Saturday morning we had to be out fairly early - 10 a.m. We went down through Parowan Canyon to Cedar City. We wanted to go to the car show however it didn't start until 3 p.m. Wah.  So we just walked through the renaissance fair and booths and then headed home. 
It was a very relaxing nice getaway. 





On our way to Hidden Falls



Mud Slides had wiped out portions of the trail

More mud slides. Very difficult to walk through






Thunder and Rain were plentiful!








Yankee Meadows

Yankee Meadows



Yankee Meadows

Last years fires left a black forest



Stop light in the canyon...strange!

Lift up Brian Head Mountain






The weather looked promising...


Lift stopped for a little while.  It doesn't look far down. But it was!!!

























Shortly after getting off lift the storm moved in.



This little fellow was calling to us!











We conquered the mountain!

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