Recently returned via Zion National Park and Cove Fort from visits with our young families in Prescott Arizona and Kanab Utah. Fortunately I drove beyond busy Cedar City for a nicer, cheaper hotel in peaceful Parowan. (The quiet town is on the map, but is not a tourist destination.) I learned it is known as “southern Utah’s Mother Town”.
Recalled the favorite family story of a rattlesnake blocking the path from a campground restroom there. My wife Kay and our little girls were terrified! They quickly retreated inside until someone came to help, then returned to our calm camp in that quiet community — one of many adventures we never forget.
Despite my dislike for driving alone on road trips, I was at peace in Parowan.
blacksmith shop at historic Cove Fort 2017
garden at Cove Fort for 150th
