We drove up Highway 14, east of Cedar City, to the Moots Hollow Trailhead to hike partway up the Blowhard Trail. Our route was 7 miles round trip with 1,500 ft of gain. At the parking area we saw these lovely rock formations and some fall colors! 
This trail is for both hikers and bicyclists. We saw 4 cyclists and no other hikers on the trail today.
View looking towards the south about 0.5 miles up the trail
colorful oak leaves
Another view to the south from further up the trail
We detoured from the trail to stay on the old road portion up to a rise and had a distant view of the red cliffs of Cedar Breaks National Monument, and then went back down to continue up the Blowhard Trail.
View to the west and Ashdown Gorge
We found some scarlet gilia in bloom
More views to the north and northeast from along the trail
About 2.5 miles up the trail, we entered Dixie National Forest.
Views to the south,
west,
and north from the trail as it went through meadow and forest. Here we stopped for a lunch break and had our turn around. Between the trees we had a good view of the rock formations at Cedar Breaks.zoom 
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And enjoying all the views again on our hike back down the trail.
It was nice to have this sign letting us know when to leave the old road portion back onto the trail.
Another view abut 0.5 mile from the trailhead. It was wonderful to be up at elevation and out of the heat today! The trailhead is at 7,590 ft
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