On one of our days off we traveled to Kanab, almost in Arizona about 1 1/2 hours south, to scout out where we could stay when we travel to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. We volunteered this winter with people now working at the North Rim. The accomodations are booked in the Grand Canyon North Rim Campground and we have Emma who is not welcomed in the North Rim Lodge. Kanab is famous for having the first all woman town council in 1897, well before women could vote. Also in the 50's Kanab was a place Hollywood filmed westerns. John Wesley Powell stayed in Kanab in the 1870's charting the Grand Canyon after his first trip down the Colorado and Green Rivers. Also we saw Buffalo Bill's writing table at a local museum for he was in Kanab seeking animals for his wild west show. Around Kanab the scenery is what John and I grew up thinking the southwest looks like because of on-location movies and TV westerns. On Saturday we visited a kids rodeo in the nearby town of Panguitch and we went to Cedar City food shopping. Tomorrow we go back to work!
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| In every grocery here I have found large dried food stuffs. Is it used for winter when roads are closed or for ranches that only shop every few months??? I do not know but it is very different and not in our NE stores. |
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| The kids rodeo in Panguitch was interesting. The kids seemed like they were born in the saddle and they could rope, ride a bronco and catch a steer. |
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| Rope 'im cowboy or cowgirl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| These are terrible pictures but it was dark inside and they were moving around quickly. Outside there were lots of horse trailers and combo living and horse trailers. It reminded me of the Soucy dirt racing weekends of NETRA. |
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