So the next few little posts are going to be some of the Cool Places Not Named Zion or Bryce.  This first one, as you might expect, is about Angel Canyon.

Angel Canyon is right near Kanab and it’s biggest claim to fame, besides being several times a movie site, is it’s the home of Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.  Best Friends is the largest no-kill animal rescue and sanctuary in the country.  It is shelter to dogs, cats, horses, pigs, rabbits, and a few other miscellaneous species.  Last year they had over 29,000 visitors and over 8,000 of them spent time volunteering.  The family that was camped next to me spent an afternoon volunteering and came back with a two year old dog that they “checked out” for the night.  This is a dog that is available for adoption.  Best Friends encourages people to do this to give the dogs a break from the dog compound, and get in on some family fun.  The next day the dog is returned and if you want to do it again they encourage you to take a different dog to spread the fun around. 🙂

Over 5500 animals are buried in two different burial sites.  The only ones that were euthanized were put down by their owners who asked to put the remains in the Best Friends Cemetery.

I mentioned movie sets.  Remember the cabin that they “holed up in” in The Outlaw Josie Wales?  It’s on the grounds of Best Friends but it’s location is a closely held secret.  They don’t want people coming here just for that.

If you are ever in this area and are so inclined, this is a great place to spend some time.