Seeing the City

On the schedule for the day was to do a tour of St. George and have the kids play at the city splash pad. We started by eating at the Bear Paw Cafe. I had some awesome strawberry crepes!

We took a few pictures while we waited for the tour to start

The St. George city tour was really neat. There were different actors who played the part of different historical people at each place we visited.
This was us on our tour bus

The St. George Tabernacle reminded me a lot of our Provo Tabernacle. It's amazing what the pioneers could build with what little resources they had. The balcony in this tabernacle was too high at first (those sitting in the balcony seats would not be able to see the pulpit), so they lowered the entire balcony--with only man-power! Amazing!The all-seeing eye

We also stopped at the courthouse and the Opera House. In the basement of the Opera House you can see the mechanism that the pioneers created to be able to lower the entire floor (to slant like theatre seating) for a play, but then raise it so it was level for dances and other things.

This is Brigham Young's winter home. He would travel to St. George in the winter to help alleviate his Rheumatism.
At the end of the tour here we were treated to some fresh figs, peaches and grapes from the orchards and vines on Brigham Young's property and Jacob Hamblin's property. So yummy!




Downtown St. George has a great little splash pad and stream for kids to play in. Our kids had a lot of fun playing there. It was the perfect way to cut through that southern Utah heat!