Southern Utah Camping Sept 22-24

We (Emma, her friend Pita & I) headed south down the i15, camping for the weekend. It was dark by the time we got to look for our 1st camping spot, which was somewhere NW of the predominantly Morman town of St George.
We collected Sage brush & other dry wood, had a campfire, a few beers & looked at the stars before turning in for a fairly cold (but well wrapped) night in our tents. After packing up camp the next day we hiked around Snow Canyon State Park. The landscape around here was dominated by those amazing, kind of primeval, red-rock formations you've seen in Western shootouts where the gang has holed up in the desert. It was also bloody hot, considering I'd woken up to snow in SLC yesterday.

Later on (after a fairly sizable off-road campsite hunting venture - great driving Emma) we found a place to stay on a river bed somewhere in Cedar Breaks Canyon:










It was a great campsite, with the narrow river flowing nearby & plenty of dry wood for a roaring campfire. It was also the coldest night in a tent that I've ever experienced. However my 2 sleeping bags & wooley hat soon warmed me into a pretty good night's sleep.

We hiked in Dixie National Forest the next day, at about 10,500 feet which gave us breathtaking views (like the top photo) and also, at that altitude it literally was a breathtaking hike. Emma & I mostly trailed behind Super-Hiking-Chick Peta and her wonder-dog Sporen, the super fit & friendly black lab.