Roads and Rocks

I found that it is possible to find Petrified Rock on the top of the Hurricane Mesa, so Mom and I decided to take a day trip to find some. The government established a test site there where research was performed in the "50s" on jet airplane ejector seats. The road to the mesa is just before the town to Virgin on State Road ""9" on the way to Zion National Park.

We got on the wrong road, the road to Kolob Lake just after the town of Virgin. The road is paved and goes up into the mountains above and through Zions Park. It was one of those Magical times when one discovers a new and wonderful world. It is a part the park that only the locals know about. The road continues on to the top of the Mountains by Cedar Breaks so there was quite a bit of snow. We turned back from where the road was closed due to snow. I took some pictures with my "I phone" but they did not turn out due to the brightness of the snow. We will have to go back with my good camera for better photos.

After backtracking we got on the correct road and spent some time looking for rocks. The area was really muddy so we could not look around as much as we would like to but we did find several small specimens. The BLM rules are that twenty five pounds plus one rock can be taken. There is suppose to be a lot there so this looks like a return trip when it is drier,