Black Rocks, St. George, June 13 - a.k.a. Save the Tortoises

After having some minor delays because of rain, we arrived in Black Rocks just out of St. George on Saturday morning. Short, easy hike, pretty good landing areas - it seemed like a dream come true. And then it wasn't. It was closed until June 30 and it had a phone number to call for more information. The "more information" was that apparently Black Rocks canyon is a desert tortoise migration path and you can't climb there until their done migrating. Who can argue with that? Save the tortoises!

On a happy note... on our short hike there, I was able to teach Emery a new name for ginormous red fire ants - "yuck". Then she squished some with a rock and I didn't even teach her to do it. Ha. She still likes other bugs, but at least she won't get bitten by ants now. :)

Here's Em doing some serious climbing with dad in Pioneer Park in St. George. Since our climbing plan died, we went to the temple and hung out with our friends the Williams' instead. It was great to see them and we had so much fun! The friends they were there with even let us crash their party. The girls cooked dinner and played with babies while the boys bouldered around Pioneer Park. It was fun to remember that we actually have friends.... :) See our family blog for more pics.