Zip Lines, Sand Dunes and a Cave
On August 23, 2017, we went to Mystic River Zip Line which is near Glendale for Cindy and Bobby to Zip Line down the mountain. I was not willing to pay the price they wanted to do a two stand or platform zip line. But , Bobby's birthday is August 26th and we decided that this would be a good birthday present for him and he really wanted to try it again. He tried with Ashley once before but because of his fear of heights he did not complete the experience. This time he did very well and had a good time on the zip line. They had one line they put them on for the first platform and the second one had two lines so they got to do it together, side by side.
After the zip line experience we went to the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. It is sand that is made from the rocks and rock dust that has formed dunes over several hundred acres. There have been several movies shot at the location. One was McKenna's Gold with Gregory Peck. Bobby and Cindy had to walk in the sand and they took off to walk to a sand dune. They almost made it to the dune but got very tired walking in the sand and turned and came back. They looked like two whipped puppies when they came back. One of the reasons is that we had to walk up the mountain where they zip lined and it was a tough climb which took a lot of energy out of all of us. Old men are smart, they do not try to walk in sand after climbing a mountain.
From the sand dunes we went to Moqui Cave. This cave was bought from the Indians by a man who wanted to have a place for a collections of rocks. He was a geologist and wanted to find a place to store and finally open a museum. While he was waiting to build his collection he opened a bar in the cave and all the western stars came in at night after shooting and hung out. This area is known as Little Hollywood because in the 50's and 60's they made all kinds of western movies and TV shows here. The cave has about four rooms to it and three have collections of those western days and one has nothing but his rock collection.
One of these people who was involved in the cave was a Mormon and we talked to the great great granddaughter of one who stated that he had plural wives. He had six (God bless him) wives and 55 children. When Utah was to become a state it was illegal to have plural wives and they made those who had them go to jail. Some went for 6 months or more and some spent 6 years in jail. The wives were left to take care of the towns and the farms but could have gone to jail as well. The state of Utah took pitty on them and let the family decide who would go to jail and most of the time it was the men. Shoot, I do not blame the men, I would want a vacation too.
After the zip line experience we went to the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. It is sand that is made from the rocks and rock dust that has formed dunes over several hundred acres. There have been several movies shot at the location. One was McKenna's Gold with Gregory Peck. Bobby and Cindy had to walk in the sand and they took off to walk to a sand dune. They almost made it to the dune but got very tired walking in the sand and turned and came back. They looked like two whipped puppies when they came back. One of the reasons is that we had to walk up the mountain where they zip lined and it was a tough climb which took a lot of energy out of all of us. Old men are smart, they do not try to walk in sand after climbing a mountain.
From the sand dunes we went to Moqui Cave. This cave was bought from the Indians by a man who wanted to have a place for a collections of rocks. He was a geologist and wanted to find a place to store and finally open a museum. While he was waiting to build his collection he opened a bar in the cave and all the western stars came in at night after shooting and hung out. This area is known as Little Hollywood because in the 50's and 60's they made all kinds of western movies and TV shows here. The cave has about four rooms to it and three have collections of those western days and one has nothing but his rock collection.
One of these people who was involved in the cave was a Mormon and we talked to the great great granddaughter of one who stated that he had plural wives. He had six (God bless him) wives and 55 children. When Utah was to become a state it was illegal to have plural wives and they made those who had them go to jail. Some went for 6 months or more and some spent 6 years in jail. The wives were left to take care of the towns and the farms but could have gone to jail as well. The state of Utah took pitty on them and let the family decide who would go to jail and most of the time it was the men. Shoot, I do not blame the men, I would want a vacation too.
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