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As if Utah s âmighty fiveâ were not already a huge draw for visitors, national park mania, spurred on by the COVID-19 pandemic, has brought swelling crowds to Arches, Canyonlands, Bryce Canyon, Capital Reef and Zion. The good news: Southern Utahâs massive desert landscape is also sprinkled with a number of lesser known but equally amazing state parks and recreation areasâa number that will grow with the addition the newly approved Utahraptor State Park. The sizable state parks offer more freedom to explore while still providing national park-like experiences in microcosm. As an extra bonus, most of Utahâs state parks are also dog-friendly (check the Utah State Parks site for details).
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“Charlie climbed onto the bed and tried to calm the three old people who were still petrified with fear. ‘Please don t be frightened,’ he said. ‘It s quite safe. And we re going to the most wonderful place in the world!’
Author Roald Dahl uses the word petrified as being motionless, stonelike, frightfully frozen, as he describes Charlie Bucket’s puzzled grandparents and his own excitement about a trip to Mr. Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory.
Utah’s San Rafael Swell rates as one of the most wonderful places in my world, and not because of an abundance of chocolate or gleeful oompa loompas. Beneath the towering spires on my bucket list-quest to see desert bighorn sheep in the wild, I’ve wandered among the petrified wood fragments scattered in the desert sand, so many that I almost forget to appreciate them for what they are.