Dinosaurs, Dragons, and Caves, Oh My!

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Our little town of Kanab has some cool spots to explore when you have some spare time. We opted to do these during the week after work to get to know our own backyard.

One after work adventure was the Moqui Sand Caves, just 12 miles north of Kanab. These are man-made caves used to harvest sand for glass production in the 1970s. The afternoon sun fills these with light and its only .5 miles from the main road. You just have to scale the rock to get up to reach them so wear grippy shoes. When you touch the walls, sand falls off. 




Belly of the Dragon was another spot on our list. This one is about 16 miles north of Kanab on the way to Zion and is super short too. I imagine this is what it feels like to walk down someone's esophagus. The tunnel goes underneath the main road from one side to another and gets really cold and dark. Harlie loved running ahead to explore and it made us feel a little safer with her as our pack leader. 


Our last local adventure was Dinosaur Tracks Trail. I didn't question if these were real until my friend asked if I thought they were but I'm going to continue to believe they are. We got to the trail head 10 minutes before sunset and a storm was rolling in. We were wearing normal sneakers and forgot our rain gear and headlamps. It started to rain and we had to ascend and descent a pretty descent cliff with fine, slippery sand in the dark. Not our finest moment as hikers. Nevertheless, we found the tracks in the stone! I left wondering why these aren't in a museum somewhere...





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