Dave and I took off this last weekend just to get away.
We spent Friday night in Hurricane, Utah (that's Hurr-i-can) where we stopped in at the local museum. After visiting with Chatty Cathy and hearing her life story we discovered a bit of our own life story right there in the museum. Dave's Grandma Murphy is from Hurricane and her genealogy line is illustrated on the walls.
The way I understand it there were these two families that settled Hurricane: the Workmans and the Hintons. They both had large families but had only one child each intermarry. Dave comes through that line. This is a picture of his Great-Grandfather William Hinton and Great-Grandmother Mary Workman Hinton.
There is also a quilt on display in the museum that Mary made, circa 1960. A placard says that the "H" pattern was her favorite pattern. I think one of these days I need to make us an "H" pattern quilt -- "H" for Huffaker & Hinckley!
After our genealogical discoveries, we headed off to St. George where I made Dave stop at the Zion Outlets. Because what is a vacation without a little shopping?
Then on to Las Vegas where we met up with Dave's brother Matt and Family. We spent Saturday night in the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino right there on the Fremont Street Experience. We booked the cheap room but when we checked in they upgraded us to the Scarlet Suite in the Gold Tower for free! Now that was fun (even though the view from our window was the roof of the casino)! I really like expensive hotels...
(They have a waterslide into the swimming pool and the slide goes through a tank filled with sharks and other dangerous fish. Too bad the pool was closed by the time we checked in so we didn't have a chance to swim with the ferocious sea creatures.)
