Dave and Jan have visited Snow Canyon, just northwest of St. George, on several occasions – finding more of interest with each visit. During another visit from their former neighbor in Brea, California (Pattie) near the end of October, they returned again to the canyon to enjoy more of the scenery which is there to be enjoyed.

The north end of the canyon includes quite a variety of geological formations. The red rocks which are common in southwestern Utah are very evident throughout Snow Canyon, but as the terrain behind Pattie in the picture above illustrates, red rocks are also accompanied (and even intermixed) with large formations of white rocks as well.

And very prominent in the northern part of the canyon are also large beds of black lava, and lava caves.

A small flower hung tenaciously to a lava cave, with a healthy display of Cholla cactus not far away.

Farther south in the canyon high red rock walls were dotted with white specks – rock climbers testing their skills – and maybe risking their lives in view of the slick surfaces and heights they were navigating.

A short hike into Jenny Canyon, where Dave and Jan went with their daughter-in-law, Meagan, and their two grandkids (Ryan and Erin) a few weeks earlier, allowed Pattie also to enjoy the visit to the slot canyon so named.

A longer walk into Johnson Canyon near the south end of the state park was another scenic treat.

Fellow-hikers alerted us to an impressive red rock arch which would have been easy to miss because of the way it blended in with the red rocks around it and behind it.

It wasn’t hard to determine where the trail ended because Johnson Canyon is a box canyon with an impressive collection of high rock walls. It was a pleasant day to explore and enjoy more of Snow Canyon – where snow is probably seldom seen, because the canyon was named after an early settler by that name. Enjoying a personal relationship with the Lord who created the earth, and then refashioned it at the time of the flood of Noah’s day, makes a hike in Southwest Utah another worship experience. As a member of our Sunday School class likes to say these days – “Praise Yahweh!”