Is St George worth the visit?

[Chickrae]

Originally Posted by Nomianca

I just have to pop in and say again that St. George is an awesome place. I don't think some of you have really spent any amount of time here or you wouldn't have missed the stuff you did.

St. George has a very nice downtown with a great historic district. The town square is new, being dedicated in October of last year. The St. George Tabernacle is right next to the town square and definitely worth a visit. The LDS temple is just a few blocks away and is one of the few temples with a visitor's center. There is the Dinosaur Museum at Johnson Farm, where they guy that owned the property was out working his fields one day and came across some dinosaur fossils and other stuff of the like. It's very interesting and opened up a lot of new theories about dinosaurs.

There is also the Rosenbruch Wildlife Museum at The Dixie Center. The guy that owns that went on who knows how many safari's and brought back all this big game and opened a museum. There is Tuacahn out in Ivins, Kayenta which is a neat artists community. You can hike in the red rock bluffs overlooking St. George. Snow Canyon State Park is just outside of St. George which is very pretty. Washington City just opened a new Aquatic Center with all kinds of neat stuff that is very popular...a lazy river, water slides, etc. Not to mention the golfing. There is lots of shopping, not as much as say, Vegas, but for our little corner of the desert it does pretty good.

There really is a lot to do here you just have to know where to look, or, in this instance, who to ask.

Thanks for your comments. I am anxious for my trip to Utah in August as I am driving down to St George and taking a look around.