I’m on my annual weekend with my girlfriends, one of whom moved to Utah from the southeastern United States last May. The air, plants, and landscape are so different here from our humid, soft forests and mountains in Virginia. I love the wide open skies, arid plants, colorful rocks, and jagged peaks. These photos are from a little park a few miles away in St. George. Tomorrow we’re hoping to go to Zion, which I’m super excited about.