09 September 2014
The beautiful month of September was a pleasant time spent
out of doors under warm skies and much dryer than August.
Now that the grand kids are back home with their parents,
Dawn and I have time to do a few things on our own. She is still very busy with
the Relief Society. Never a slack time! We do manage to push in a few
activities, i.e road trip to Salmon area.
Our neighbor, Pauline Mickelson, is moving this month and Dawn has helped her
ready for the move. Dawn will have a reception on Saturday 27 September, 2014.
She is in her 90s and Dawn has cared for her quite often. We attended the
Methodist church services where Pauline played the piano for the last time
after over 50 years of service.
Josh and his family visited us and stayed at granny Julia’s
house early on this month. We always enjoy their company.
Saturday we returned from a short road trip to the Salmon
River area. Julia, Dawn, Christine (Dawn’s sister) and I drove from Idaho
Falls, up highway 28 through Leadore, Idaho (site of the Purcell ranch) all the
way to Salmon along the Lemhi River. At Tendoy we took a side trip to the
continental divide to visit the site where Lewis and Clark camped looking for a
crossing to the Columbia River.
Dawn and I have been reading the book “Undaunted Courage” by
Steven Ambrose. As a result we wanted to visit some of the areas they traveled.
We stopped at the Sacajawea Center in Salmon, Idaho. The center has done a
wonderful job in preserving the history of the Core of Discovery expedition. (Just a note; as a result of reading of the adventures of Lewis and Clark, I have purchased a muzzle loading rifle and am excited to hunt grizzlies!!)
From there we drove up the Salmon River towards Challis and
stayed at the Grey House B&B along the river. This was a beautiful area and
as we coursed down 93 toward Challis we stopped to fish the river. Once in
Challis, ID we stopped at the Hot Springs campground to visit with Lorna
Hammond (my Swedish relative). She had retired and moved to Idaho Falls.
Lastly, before coming home we drove to the Craters of the
Moon national monument. It was very interesting seeing such a variety of lava
formations as early as 2000 years ago.
Now that we are home we have to attend to the task of moving
once again. We have asked the Randals (Orrey and Danielle) to move into our
home for the time we are in Arizona. We hope they will stay longer since we are
putting in for another mission beginning in April of 2015. This mission will be
for one year only.
As of the 29th of September we will be moved and
living with my mother until we leave for Arizona the first of November.
