In Cedar City, as in the rest of Utah, street numbers are given in centitemples. I was disappointed, however, that street are not numbered based on their distance form the Salt Lake temple 200 miles to the north.
Living in Utah gives one a unique opportunity to see Mt. Zion. I couldn't leave without taking this opporitunity, so on the hottest day of the year, I drove 250 miles south to Zion National Park.
In Cedar City, as in the rest of Utah, street numbers are given
in centitemples. I was disappointed, however, that street are not
numbered based on their distance form the Salt Lake temple 200 miles
to the north.
LaVerkin is a UN-free town. Anyone affiliated with the United
Nations must register with the police deparment. As a state employee
whose salary is paid from two federal grants, I wasn't sure whether I
needed to register. Luckily, I was never pulled over.
Why is there a sign that says "Welcome to LaVerkin," but no
equivalent sign that says "Entering Virgin?" The people of Virgin
beleive in making war, not love. In fact, every Virgin resident is
required to own a gun.
In Mormon mythology, Kolob is either the part of heaven God goes to when he needs to be alone, or the star around which God's home planet orbits.
The Kolob section of Zion National Park is certainly a good
place to be alone, far emptier than the Canyon to the south and maybe
ten degrees cooler as well.
Here in God's home away from home, I expected to see spires, but
not the earth's womb.
The three patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I believe the
outcropping below Jacob is Moroni: one of the people who traved to
America with Jesus and battled against the evil Lamanites. Some
Mormons believe that pueblo people are descended from Lamanites, which
would suggest that the Anasazi where the rightous Nephites.
The Altar and Pulpit in the Temple of Sinawava. Sinawava is
apparently an Anasazi wolf God.
This is where the canyon starts to get narrow. The canyon
extends 18 miles north of the paved trail, and eventually shrinks to
only a few feet wide and 2000 feet deep. I lacked both the time and
inclination to see this for myself.
In Salt Lake City, there are no squirrels and virtually no
pigeons. At first, I thought that squirrels did not live this far
west, but I have come to suspect that Utahns are unusually stingy with
urban creatures.
The Mormon pioneers did not name any feature of this canyon
Mt. Zion. Maybe it was too far away from the Jordan river in Salt
Lake City. In the 1930s, a Chicago hiking club attempted to fix this
omission by renaming Lady Mountain to Mount Zion. The forrest service
rejected their proposal.
wget -rp to finish.