Best Friends animal society. Utah

While taking some time off in between house sits I went to Kanab , Utah to visit my friend Joni. Her and I met thru the animal rescue world . She was living in Nevada and I in California. We made several trips together to Kanab, Utah to volunteer at Best friends animal society. Please click on this link to learn more about Best friends. This is an amazing place to go and to volunteer. You do not have to volunteer. You can take the tour which is about 2 hours. The tour will tell you much about Best friends and take you thru the property with a stop in cats and a stop in dogs. If you want to know more about how this place came about , I would suggest reading this. Book about how Best friends came about. Or just go to the website and read about Best friends and their story. Fascinating !! I bought the book at an auction at a wine tasting event in Lake Tahoe back in 1997. After reading it I just knew I had to go there. I believe my first visit was in 1999. Here are some photos of the lovely Angles canyon that is the home to Best Friends.

I went back several times to volunteer. I also bought a piece of property  in Kanab, Utah, thinking maybe one day of trying to work at Best friends and live in Kanab. I never did go to work there although my friend Joni did and this is why I am here again. Have not been for about 6 years. Came back to visit Joni, and to check out my lot. Here is is in the beautiful Vermillion cliffs.

Even if you do not volunteer or do the tour , you can go there and get a  wonderful $5 vegan buffet lunch at Best Friends cafeteria and just drive thru the  lovely location which is  Angle’s Canyon and stop in for lunch. You may want to stop at the visitor center first for a map and to buy some fun stuff.  The property is huge and beautiful with lovely spots to take a hike and to visit.

If you volunteer you can help clean, walk dogs, and even walk a cat.

If you don’t volunteer and are just touring the property then be sure to stop at Angels landing which is the pet cemetery. Best friends animals who have passed are buried here as well as members pets. I believe anyone can purchase a grave site here.  It is full of wind chimes and special tokens. I love to just sit there and listen to the wind chimes. I can feel the spirits of the animals.

So if you are touring Utah, I highly recommend a stop at Best Friends !!

Also, Kanab is a good location if you plan to go to Zion , Bryce  and North rim Grand Canyon national parks.  They are all within a hour or so drive from Kanab. My next post will feature some hiking trails (not in the parks because we had dogs !) near Kanab. Lots of beauty in the area.