From Grand Junction, Colorado to St. George Utah

On Monday we took it a little more leisurely time in route to St. George, Utah

Doing a little geocaching along the way.

* I have had some queries about geocaching such as, ” What the heck is geocaching?” So let me explain.

Geocaching is, basically, a worldwide scavenger hunt. People all over the world hide geocache containers and then post the GPS coordinates on the geocaching website. When you are geocaching, you have a phone app or hand held GPS that tells you the coordinates of the geocaches in the area in which you are located. Often, there are also hints. When you find one, you add your “name/handle” and the date to the list contained in the cache and then replace the cache where you found it for the next geocacher to find. You then log your find and comments on Geocache.com. Very fun and you get to see areas that you might otherwise miss. Plus it gave us an excuse to get out of the car and stretch.

The first one we searched for involved a pretty strenuous climb and quite a bit of time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We did see some spectacular landscapes and some very pretty cactus flowers during our quest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We finally gave up and went for lunch – we’d earned it!

Later we tried another one which turned out to be quite easy.

 

We spent the night in St. George where Traci had a couple of calls the next morning, then it was –

On to Las Vegas!

for a long weekend.

Our first outing was to Red Rock Canyon for some sightseeing and hiking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We took a pretty easy trail to what was purported to be a lovely waterfall, but as another hiker aptly stated, it was a “Water trickle.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonetheless, it was good exercise on a beautiful day, in a gorgeous setting with people I love. In other words, it was perfect!