Cedar City, UT

I found this photo in my files. I remember when we took it I thought who would put a fence out here in the middle of nowhere. Hence the the title. It is west of Cedar City. I can't remember when we took the photo, but it is beautiful, albeit quiet and lonely valley!

If you run out of things to do and would rather not go shopping on November 27th, you could bring the children up to Cedar City for the American Children's Christmas Festival. It begins on the 27th and will run to the 7th of December. There will be many activities for young and old alike. It will most likely be cold, so be prepared for any outdoor events!

The web site is: http://www.christmas-festival.org/

Come on up and get into the Christmas Spirit!

As I was putting together my blogs on the cities that we work in here in Iron County along Interstate 15. I want everyone to realize that there are communities west of Cedar City that I haven't yet featured in this series. I haven't been out there in a while, so when I get out there I will get some photographs and feature them. They are New Castle, Beryl and Modena in Iron County. There is also Enterprise in Washington County.

This brings me to this blog, New Harmony is a little over 25 miles South of Cedar City, it is in Washington County and along I15. We do work in New Harmony, so I will do a feature on it. New Harmony is named after Harmony Pennsylvania, where many of the early settlers of the area were from. It is a city that really is spread out over a large area, with large farms and ranches that are still worked. There are some older homes as well as some gorgeous mini mansions.

The original part of New Harmony is several miles West of Interstate 15, but Harmony Ranches is right along the Interstate. These photos are taken just outside of the original part of New Harmony:

As you can see, New Harmony sits at the base of Pine Valley Mountain, the ridge that is in the sunlight along with a large part of the Mountain were burned in the fires last summer.

This photo is a little North of the previous photo.

This is south of the original photograph.

I am now going to use a few photographs of Cedar City, which is the next city along Interstate 15 as one travels South. Cedar City is the second oldest city in Iron County. It is the home of Southern Utah University, the Utah Shakespearean Festival, as well as numerous other festivals. I have a lot of photos of Cedar City, so I have many to show and chose from. It is the largest city in Iron County.

I am sorry I couldn't get the gas station sign out without a lot of photo shopping. Cedar City is home to the Iron mines where the county gets it's name.

This one is looking from the West side of Cedar City. Southern Utah University is the left side of the buildings near the top.

The above shot is one that I have used before, it is of Cedar City looking down from The Mountain.

This will be the last one that I post today. This is a photo of some ponds in the Mountains East of Cedar City. It was so peaceful and serene that I wish that I could have spent the week there! We are lucky to live in such a beautiful area!