Day 93 (Friday 9/21/12)- Zion National Park, UT

A couple of hours in a couple of days in Zion have been nice. We found, a little too late, about a morning shuttle tour. We booked our spot for the next day, filled up all available containers with the park's fresh mountain spring water and left to explore the surrounding area. 
The town of Hurricane holds nothing beyond a parking lot for our van. The next town over had a bit more to offer.

Brigham Young, the second prophet of the Mormon church, had a winter house in St. George, which we attempted to visit, but missed by minutes.

Disappointed, we bolstered ourselves with two treats. The first was visiting Deseret Industries (Utah's Goodwill doppelganger) and found the Mormon people, though stingy with museum hours, are generous in their charitable donations. We suitably scooped up some deals. Next we soothed ourselves with Double Doubles, shocked to find an In and Out in a state that seems California's antithesis. Why is In and Out not the the ideal business model for all of America?   A simple, quality product. Not overreaching in menu or expansion. Employees paid well enough to wear stupid looking hats. Ahh. California with no smog.



                              Brigham Young's Winter House

 

 

 

 

Zion