Spectacular Flooding In Southern Utah; Timpanogos Cave Hosts Birthday Party
Heavy rain caused flooding in Capitol Reef National Park today and caused the Scenic Drive to be closed
temporarily. Officials hope to be able to reopen the drive tomorrow
(Saturday) morning.
An employe posed a photo on Twitter that shows a rain-soaked park.
Moab also received heavy rain and saw some brief street flooding. KSL has this report with video. The rain produced spectacular waterfalls and the video shows the power of the torrents. It is worth watching.
Timp Cave Season Closing Party
Timpanogos Cave National Monument is
celebrating its 90th birthday with cake at the Visitor Center on
Sunday. There will also be a card for visitors to sign.
Also Sunday will mark the final cave
tours of the 2012 season. The trail to the cave is steep and it
receives heavy snow during winter. The cave season usually runs from
mid-May through mid-October.
Additional birthday activities will be
held as the cave reopens next spring.
The Provo Herald has this
article about the cave closing. Below are excerpts.
The cave's actual
90th birthday is on Sunday, he said. At 1 p.m. staffers will join
with the public at the visitors center to cut a cake decorated with
the famous Heart of Timpanogos -- the likeness of a huge heart-shaped
natural feature in the cave.
Cave staffer Mike
Gosse told the Daily Herald on Thursday that tickets are still
available for the final cave tours of the year.
Additional
activities to celebrate the parks 90th year will be held in 2013.
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