About Kane County, UT

Come see the best of Southern Utah and the history of "Little Hollywood" at this years Western Legends Roundup in Kanab. Born to honor the days of Little Hollywood and the Southern Utah movie industry Western Legends has become a must- do event. From the Western Legends Website here is a list of activities going on over the weekend.

Come join us for another great Western Legends Roundup in August, 2009!

• August 26th - Wagon Train check in 6:00 pm at Alton, Utah.

• August 26th - Ranch Rodeo! Rodeo starts at 5:00 in Kanab at the Kane Plex Rodeo Grounds (*NOT in Orderville*) There is not a dinner but consessions are available at the Kane Plex. Sign up for the Junior Rodeo is 4:00 p.m. There is a cost to participate based on age: Pee-Wee, Junior, Senior age divisions. Rodeo starts at 5:00 in Kanab. Events include barrel racing, pole bedning, dummy roping, flag race, team roping, breakaway roping and goat tying. Hosted by the Tri Valley Rodeo Association. Free event to watch. For more information, Call Lisa Church at (435)644-4605.

• August 27th - Western Legends Quilt Show, Western Folklore Workshops, "Dinner With the Stars" & Local Honoree Show afterward

• August 28th - Movie Star Panel Discussion! FREE to all! Plus, Western Legends Roundup Friday Night Concert, Gunsmoke Tour, Outlaw Josey Wales Tour

• August 29th - "Breakfast with the Stars"; Movie Star Panel Discussion! FREE to all! Plus, Western Legends Roundup Saturday Night Concert, Gunsmoke Tour, Outlaw Josey Wales Tour, Cowboy Poetry Roundup, FREE Children's Roundup (Make-and-Take Arts and Crafts)

Also not to miss is the great Cowboy Poetry and the awesome Tractor Pulls! Come enjoy Southern Utah and participate in the fun "Little Hollywood" times.

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I've started a new series on my Lake Powell Real Estate Blog which I should have written a long time ago.

In 1998, my then 14 year old son David, discovered what turned out to be a great specimen of a plesiosaur. Plesiosaurs were water bound marine reptiles that lived at the time of the dinosaurs. Think - Loch Ness Monster - but this one had a very short neck and jaw bones 4 feet long.

Over the next several years David would make more discoveries in the Tropic Shale by Lake Powell behind Big Water, Utah. One of the discoveries would end up being a new species of Plesiosaur called “Eopolycotylus rankini”. A new species of Therizinosaur was found in the same area which David is the co-discoverer "N. graffami" which is named after our neighbor.

Please follow the link to the story. This link is to the first part of what should end up at 8 or 9 parts to tell the story of how to dig a dinosaur, and how this large, pre-historic animals ended up in what is now the high, wind-blown deserts of Southern Utah.

Lake Powell Paleontology - Dinosaurs, Plesiosaurs, and much more in Glen Canyon and The Grand Staircase Monument - Part 1

With two large storm fronts moving through the area last week, things were a bit hectic around here. Between the two storms Big Water, Utah received 8.5 inches of snow. Keeping in mind our average rainfall here is around ten inches, this was a big deal. Usually it snows around Lake Powell four or five times a year, but the snow is usually melted by noon. Not this time. At almost a week later, we still have a couple of inches on the ground in the places not in direct sunlight.

Enjoy the photos!

Path to Big Water School nice and snow packed!

Snow on the fruit trees and two large Sage bushes covered.

North to the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument

This beautiful Sunset photograph was Taken in Colorado Utah this evening.

I spent the weekend in Cedar City Utah and around South West Utah only 2 hours from Las Vegas Nevada.

There are so many National and State Parks in Utah, almost half of the state is made up of Parks. I took some very - very beautiful photographs I will be sharing through different groups at Active Rain.

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photograph taken by Robert Swetz Colorado Utah October 2008

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For the folks that have stopped by my blog here at at Lakepowellrealty and joked around about photos off my back porch... here you go!

Yesterday I walked out of my driveway to the street and shot the following three photos. These are all from the corner of my driveway looking basically north-ish. There was a storm starting to build which arrived today. It has been raining, well sprinkling, all day which is great news! With only 4 to 8 inches of rainfall a year, rain is good.

Looking North West to the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument

The View North East toward Lake Powell with Big Water School on the right hand side

Looking almost due North to the Monument and over Wahweap

And There You Have It - Views from a Big Water Utah Porch!