St. George, UT - A Spontaneous Gift

St. George is a place we used to live in the mid "90's.  We loved it then for many reasons, and find we love it still.  We dry camped in a nice quiet parking lot, went for a long walk in the dark, along a silent, residential street, in the warm air! It was great after the chill of the Northwest.

An interesting thing happened at the laundromat.  WE went to the first one we came to because it is a cumbersome operation to maneuver the little House (LH) around parking lots made for vehicles half our size, and because all our clothes were dirty.  This laundromat was a trip.  It looked good, was in a good part of town, but on closer look we found some it was less than cool.

Here are some pictures.

What we found was this place could use a good employee, to was the floors daily, clean behind the machines, and get the hair off the rolling cart wheels!  We thought it was incongruous that a spendy laundromat would be in such need of spiffing up!  At least their charges were top floor... Now, if it was just as clean as it was expensive, theyd have a going concern!  This could be a job opportunity for an enterprising job seeker in one of the greatest places in Utah!

While at this laundromat I met this lady with the red legs.

She and her husband were doggedly doing their laundry and having a crummy time of it.  He was short-tempered and  obviously would rather be doing anything else than sorting laundry.

An unrelated patron in this busy washateria extended me a kindness by offering her dryer with 4 remaining minutes, and so I thought if I had any remaining minutes that I would do the same.  I did, and I did.  I gave my remaining time to this couple.  That started an extended conversation about the husbands travels in Ecuador!  Fancy that!  We were immensely interested in his experiences and the wife very generously insisted on giving me her jade bracelet off er own arm!  

Every bit of this encounter was a gift, of the info, the spontaneous friendship and the offer of the bracelet.  She was profoundly insistent that I accept this token of generosity.  When a gift is offered, out of the blue, from a stranger, that is a rare gift.  I will cherish this bracelet, not because it is valuable,(it is quite ordinary and the finish is loved off,) but because it represents an honest gift, between strangers.  It is a wonderful manifestation of the goodness of people.

For great pictures of St. George, better than what I can take, check out http://www.sgcity.org/galleries/landscape/