Fredonia, AZ
- The northernmost city in AZ.
- The Anasazi were the first inhabitants of this area. The ruins of their ancient cave dwellings can still be seen today.
- Fredonia is known as Arizona's Desert Rose
Zion National Park, UT
- Our 2nd of 3 National Parks this summer, the 3rd to be Yosemite.
- In July temperatures during the day often reach 100 degrees.
- Human settlements began 8,000+ years ago with the Anasazi, also the first inhabitants in Fredonia.
- The scenery varies widely from canyons wide & narrow to steep sandstone cliffs.
St. George, UT
- Biking into St. George will officially bring us into Mojave Desert territory. Eek!
- The town was originally founded in 1861 under the direction of Brigham Young as a cotton mission (the plan didn't work out quite as planned, but the city remained.)
- An atomic bomb (originally called "Harry" and eventually nicknamed "Dirty Harry") detonated by the U.S. gov. in 1953 generated tremendous off-site fall-out. Marked increases in certain cancers were reported between 1950-1980 as a result of the fall-out from multiple nuclear tests near the city.
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