Yesterday we had a talk in the morning about the family’s priorities, and after coming up with a list of things we all wanted to get sorted out here, and the way we want to live, we decided that a part of it would be to go to St. George, Utah and see how it compares to Las Vegas as a shopping base for the once a month shop.
The drive up was quite nice. Rather than taking the freeway up the Virgin River Canyon, we drove the old route, which had hardly any cars on it, and was pretty in it’s own right. It entered the city through an historic district which was quite pretty!
After getting there, we visited the DI, and shopped for various randomness. DI is Deseret Industries, a thrift store, and in St. George, it is frequented by RLDS polygamous families so much that I am quite sure I have seen some there on every single trip we have made to it.
The nest shopping stop was at Big Lots!, which was once called Pic N Save. It’s a discount store that has attracted my family for years. We also spotted Wal Mart and a Cosco store while we were out.
After shopping, we took a drive around looking for the IFA, but gave up because we were all hungry, and stopped at the Golden Corral for supper. For about $10 a person you can have access to a massive all-you-can-eat buffet that never seems to run out of anything, and has food of very sufficient quality. The kids thought it was just about as good as it gets, and swore that this was the place to take their dad when he comes to visit. It sounds like they will need to put a travel trailer in the parking lot!
Our server at Golden Corral knew exactly where the IFA was, so he wrote us up directions right to it from the restaurant. Unfortunately it was closed by the time we got there. After noting the hours and considering the time zone difference, should we like to come again, we took off down the Virgin River Canyon for home. We stopped in Mesquite and into the Wal Mart store there, where we got a new alarm clock, and an electric kettle, so my dear Brits could finally feel at home again! We also got some seeds for the vegetable patch, which I need to get up and go plant now.
By the way, don’t wake up at 6:30 after staying up till 1:00. It’s just not the way to get a good night’s sleep!