Several equestrians recommended wintering in St George, so we opted to spent ten days at Reinmakers Equestrian Park. This stable fills up with horses during the winter months and is very popular (with good reason), so if you want to winter in St George, book early.
The grounds are huge with more than one arena and round pen. Lots of amenities for horses and boarders and trails you can access off the ranch - although many boarders opt to trailer out to the nicer trails.
The horses are in large corrals with a shade area. They have automatic waterers so they get plenty to drink. The hay they are feeding looks like really good quality. Both horses started dropping weight, so we had to up their feed.
We have water and electric hook-up, but no septic. This is problematic for a longer stay. We are using the bathroom in the barn except at night so our black tank doesn't fill up too quickly. This means if you truly want to winter in St George, you board your horses here and stay elsewhere.
There is lots of shopping and restaurants, although nothing too fancy or out there. Most of the places are chain establishments.
I was able to find a Barnes and Noble as well as an Old Navy, so I am pretty happy. The town is laid out like Roseville - everything is spread out and far away from each other and you use surface streets to get from one place to the next, so it takes a good hour to go shopping anywhere.
I play Pokemon and wanted to take advantage of being in civilization, so I spent Wednesday night at Thunder Mountain Playground. This is a very wonderful playground - with a water play area, a volcano that erupts every 15 minutes, a train ride that costs only a dollar, zip lines, rock climbing, and just lots of fun play areas - all free. There are also tennis courts, a volleyball court, a lovely demonstration garden and walking path.
I stayed until dark and enjoyed watching the children playing. Since I am an old lady, everybody assumed I had a grandchild somewhere in the vicinity so nobody called the cops on me. A little boy ran past me yelling "I am going to play on everything on the way to the car!" as the parents tried to hustle him out of the playground before it was totally dark. I laughed and told the parents how wonderful it is to have goals.
It was fun to watch how different children moved through the playground. One little boy stepped very carefully as if to feel the squishiness of the rubber mats. One little girl skipped from one plaything to another. A toddler patted every object with her hands to test how it felt. Several boys ran at top speed, yelling to their friends, racing to their desired play space.
Ari has been riding Lennox on the local trails every other day. I have been patiently waiting for Mercy's sore to heal on his flank. I don't know if I will be able to ride while we are here, but it is a lovely place to spend a time out before we continue south.
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