October vacations.

Gosh I love October. My birthday, general conference, perfect fall days... it's so great.
And I love October because sometimes in October, we go to southern Utah.
Last time I went to southern Utah in October, here's what happened...

We went canyoneering (for those who don't know... it's hiking in slot canyons and repelling down parts of it). I just happened to trip over a rock while walking and landed on my face. It hurt! But I healed and all is well, much to the relief of my mother, who worried I would never date again :)

Here's what happened this past weekend in Southern Utah.... 

  

 

Left to right top to bottom: 

-Zion National Park... so gorgeous. Such a good view.
-Repelling down into the slot canyon!  So cool!
-HUGE Tarantula that scared the heeeeck out of me. I was the

first to spot it, and yes I screamed. 

-Just takin a little photo break in the slot! 

Might I mention, the weather in southern Utah was right around 75-80 degrees every day? It was wonderful. I wasn't exactly prepared for it though, I was expecting chillier and failed to bring a single pair of shorts, besides my running shorts. It was nice to run down there- didn't have to bundle up like I do here now! The snow is killing my desire to run.

This is the view from the cabin in New Harmony that we stayed at. The five fingers! Awesome view. New Harmony is about 20 minutes south of Cedar City. It is such a quaint, cute little town. And Cedar City isn't large, but it's home to the famous Shakespeare Festival. And this year, Cedar won the bid to host Les Miserables at their Shakespeare Festival. It was the full length, full cast, exact same version that they show on Broadway, production. And what a production it was. There was hardly a dry eye in the theatre by the end of the play. It was SO good. Every actor, every voice.. phenomenal.  

And here are a couple more pictures to top off this post:

Basically we canyoneered, toured Zion, went to Les Miserables, got attacked by Box Elder bugs, played games, ate fabulous food, and had an awesome weekend. Can't wait until we go back!