Quarry Visit and Grosvenor Arch

Paul got directions to an alabaster quarry that we decided to go and take a look at.  To get there we drove over Cedar Mountain and just past Kodachrome Basin State Park which was a beautiful drive.  The quarry itself didn't yield the rock we had hoped to find, but was very interesting and we did get some small stones.  Most of the stone had been exposed to sun and weather and was too deteriorated to be good for carving. After that we took another dirt road and checked out another gypsum/alabaster quarry not far away.  It was interesting to see how they had worked to get some of that stone out.   Just a few more miles down the road was Grosvenor Arch. We always love to see this amazing masterpiece of nature.  We enjoyed the front view of the two arches as well as the other opening on one side.  Then we decided to hike to where we could look through the two main arches from behind.  We had never done that before.  It was an uppity walk, but we made it and the view was awesome and we even discovered that there was a small reservoir down the road that we had never seen before.  It was very cool weather, but when the sun was shining and the wind not blowing it was pretty nice.  We decided it was nice enough to have a little snack at the picnic area in front of the arch.  We had to keep our coats on, but it was still awesome to eat and enjoy that amazing view.  We made it home with a quick stop at Juge's for Paul to pick up a birthday present and visit with them a little bit.  It was a beautiful day in beautiful places!