No kidding. At least that's what the oldies heard. Also, this "lets get the gang together" theme has been noticably repetitive for some time now (as in months) at West Jordan itself.
The venues considered have hitherto been in the frozen north though: Uinta north slope (Spirit Lake) and similar ... As in the idyllic memorable days of yore .... Whereupon the plot thickened ... there was this telephone planning chat with our fine Arizona crew in which we collectively came to terms with small boys in small family sedans for hours on end (12 to be exact) --- all for a weekend overnight camp which would be over soon after it had begun. We realized that this was not going to happen easily as we are currently residenced, calendared and configured.
So we started to rethink. Out came the maps and various "halfway between" possibilities and criteria thereunto applicable were explored and discussed ... Facilities, activities, and style of setting taken into account, etc....
Sometime during the process we settled upon Navajo Lake - 28 miles east of Cedar City, UT on Utah Hwy 14, altitude 9000'. Fairly cool scenery, nice high country, a lake, some 10000' hills and some red rock.
It was not, moreover, sight unseen; James and DDadson wandered through there on one of the crazy hike trips a while back. So finally, we just all threw it onto the calendar, made "hail mary" vacation requests in some cases and away we went.
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The whole gang was here so most of the stuff everyone saw, but there were a couple of exceptions .... On Friday morning, during the group hangout session in camp, Dad and James got curious and slightly crazy. The result was a goofy little hike to this wierd spot at 10080' above some Pink Cliffs just up the hill from camp... This is not a summit, it is just a high altitude point on the Kane-Iron county line. OK, it was a wierd trip. Here is a video of the crazies among the quakies and pines at Kane county (Utah) high altitude point.....
There actually was some pretty cool scenery up there, but it is over through the trees to the rim of the cliffs.... Meaning where you saw the patch of blue sky through the trees in the video clip.
This (below) is what can be seen looking south from the rim ..... Virgin river drainage in foreground,
and that actually is Zion National Park in the distance, believe it or not. (The pics were actually taken on our way back down)...
This (below) is looking straight down off the top of the cliffs
Below is another panorama to the south. Hills in the far distance are the Pine Valley range just north of St George.
The high spot on the left of the group is called Signal Peak. You guessed it - highest point in Washington County, Utah
Below is a closeup of the cliff formation from about halfway down.
Below is the cliffs from the hill just below them. 
So, that was where James and Dad were when they disappeared for 3 hours after breakfast on Friday.... Have to have at least one picture of Navajo Lake, so here it is.
Now for some stuff from the hike on Andy Nelson Peak (10027') on Saturday.... Andy Nelson is the highest peak in Kane county. So there is this debate about which one counts as the high point - this peak or the county-liner. Anyway, Joshua got German all the way up there for his very first summit. Oh dear. Now he is infected. Below is the crew that got to the summit. It is a summit and not a football field, though it would be hard to prove.
I had my tripod on the trip, but there was nowhere to put it up there anyway, so we had to rotate to get everyone.
Below is what it looks like looking south from the saddle just below Andy Nelson Peak. If Dad had been a slightly better guide on route selection on the way up we would have used the Lodge trail and gotten more of you up here.
Finally, something really nuts that part of the West Jordan gang did on the way home.
As the sign says, this is Brian Head Peak. It is a drive-up summit, 3 miles up a dirt road from Utah 143 just north of Cedar Breaks NatMon, and on the way back to SLC.
One last shot from Brian Head summit. Standing offer from Dad to anyone who'd like to go back. Not a problem.
We (editorial) keep hearing that everyone had a good time. Thanks to each of you for coming. It was transcendently pleasant InMyHumbleOpinion, because you all are such cool people to hang with anywhere. Put that with the quiet open countryside and it is irresistable. Incidentally, rumblings of "now let's plan something for next year" are already discernible at West Jordan.
