A beautiful, sunny day in Dixie. . .

We finally had a few free hours on a Sat. to do something fun. The weather was beautiful. Sunny, warm and no wind. Aren't all of you snow dwellers jealous? Anyway, we headed up to one of our favorite places to hike, the "Dixie" rock. It is named that because long ago someone painted "DIXIE" in big, bold, white letters up on a huge rock above St. George. Those of you familiar with the area know where it is. We hiked for a couple of hours and then had a picnic lunch. It was a great time and can I just tell you what great hikers the Bakers are? I think the smaller they are the better they are at climbing and hiking. The kids sure showed up us old folks!!

There is an amazing slot canyon there that you (if your 12 and under or REALLY skinny) can climb up and through. We got some really neat shots of the kids while they were in the narrowest part of the canyon and then when they all came out at the end. And "yes" for those of you who are wondering, people do get stuck in there!!

Unfortunately, I posted these photos backwards. This last picture should have been first, and the first last. (Remember, I am still learning!) This picture is standing over the "slot" looking down. The ones of the kids was taken looking down at them and zooming in on them. In reality, they were about thirty feet below us as we straddled the canyon. The first one is of them coming out.

Some people call this canyon the "smaller narrows" or "mini narrows" because it is similar to the real "narrows" hike you can do at Zion National Park.

Love to all. . .