Coral Pink Sand Dunes

Sunset on Utah

The Shakespeares want McDonald's so we hit the golden arches: $30 for two kids, which is a lot of chicken McNuggets. We dump them at the hotel and head for the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park to watch the sunset followed by an adults-only dinner (three hours later, Madeleine: "Did you get lost or something ?")

The Coral Pinks, for their part, created around 15,000 years ago by the erosion of pink-colored Navajo Sandstone. High winds passing through a notch between the Moquith and Moccasin Mountains deposit loose sand particles further building the dunes.

Some local shops on 89N and 70E: The Shave ‘n Cream; Dairy Freeze “A great place to eat”; Wheelers Drive-In and Malt Shop; Miller’s Ice Cream and Drive Through; and the Quick-n-serve "Where Plain Folks Are Served Good Food"