St. George, Utah

Zion National Park is a bit unique in that there are two parts to the park.

Most people enter the east or south entrances of the park and drive to the other…

There is a shorter in-and-out drive in the north western section of the park called The Kolob Canyon.

While not as diverse as the other side of the park, the Kolob Canyon is stunning.

It’s easy to look at the massive rocks and think they never change, but this display proves that thought wrong.

The drive is about 30 miles north from St. George, and we’re very glad we did it.

At the risk of sounding silly, I named this split rock “Plumbers Butt” because it reminded me of too many subcontractors’ behinds over 30 years of construction…

And right along the silly line, this ‘art’ sculpture in the small town of Hurricane was the subject of a local news story the same  night we first saw it.

When we drove past the statue, I commented that the bull’s genitalia seemed disproprtionally large.   Apparently that’s what many town members think, too, and they want the city to force the owner to remove the statue.

This story even made national news...

The restaurant owner, who spent $130,000 on the piece, said all those who object to the statue are “just jealous.”

Now there’s a petition to deny the owner his liquor license. So far over 500 signatures have been collected.

I love small towns so long as I don’t have to live in them! 🙂