We started just outside of Vegas, taking a look at Frenchman Mountain. Here's Jeff with Vegas in the background.

Then we moved on to the Spring Mountains just outside of Las Vegas

Then on to Snow Canyon in Utah to look at Cinder Cones

We had a chance to check out some cool things around Quail Creek. We're on the edge of a syncline here.

Stayed a few nights at Quail Creek State Park

After we left Quail Creek, we explored cinder cones around the St. George, Utah area in Snow Creek Canyon

Then explored the Virgin River Canyon

Jeff at the Virgin River outlook

Looking at the roadcuts in the Virgin River Canyon

We hiked up to Angel's Landing in Zion - and explored some of the caves eroded into the rocks

Then we spent the night at Zion and planned on going to Brice Canyon the next day...

And we woke up to some newly fallen snow...

But you can see from this picture, it probably wasn't a good idea to get to Brice, since it was snowed in.

So we decided to head down to the Grand Canyon instead - here's a group photo

And we did some fossil digging in Coal Creek Canyon (near Tuba City)

Though there was still snow when we got to the Grand Canyon too - even more at Desert View, which looked like a winter wonderland and there was no hint of the canyon beyond...

Once we got to the Grand Canyon - we hiked down to the Colorado and back up in a single day. Here's Jeff ready to go down.

The day after the hike down and back, we awoke to about 8 inches of snow. Here's Jeff on the Canyon Rim just outside of Grand Canyon Village.

And as you can see, the snow was everywhere.