Bearry Mission Blog: Week 17

Lower Monument at Rocky Ridge with the Hatch's.

So I've mentioned before that we sometimes feel we are in some kind of time warp here. This week proves it. I missed writing about the whole week. I told Wendy I was sure I wrote it but not. So here goes the catch up.

Monday, July 14 - We had a great day with the Hatch's and Alex. We took them to rocky ridge and Rock Creek Hollow and shared some of the great stories made famous from this area. We went sight-seeing over to Lewis Lake and even though it was July we had a cold storm come through that had Eric worried about ending up with a car looking like the Smith's from all the hail.

We went to the Sinks and then for a nice meal in Lander. Back to Missionary village and made homemade ice cream and sat around our "campfire" The kids are into the rock hounding and had fun in our bouncy chair.

Tuesday (July 15) morning we saw them off with a few tears. Selby worked on the well and helped get it started again. (by the way we didn't have water hooked up the whole time the Hatch's were here). We were base for a huge (350) 6 mile trek. It wasn't finished until 5:00. We had an interview with the Monech's. They were trying to see who would be willing to stay through next season. We politely declined.

Wednesday July 16, Did some sewing projects and Selby worked on the well again.

Thursday July 17, Base for 3 treks.

Friday July 18, We hiked the 2nd leg of the NHT (from Lewiston Lakes to Strawberry Creek) with 2 wards from Smithfield, UT. and Mills Road. Nice group no real problems.

Saturday July 18, To-day was P-day and we decided to take a ride to Dubois. It was about 2 hours from Sixth crossing. It was a very nice area with the Wind River and red rock cliffs. It is a cute town and has nice homes in the area. We visited some of the shops, went to the interpretive center, and had some of the best pizza ever. We went into one galley where we find some amazing carvings in moose antlers. Turned out the owner/artist of the gallery was Brother Baker from the Riverton Stake and had been the person who made the monument bronze pieces at the lower and upper Rocky Ridge sites. After shopping in Riverton we arrived home later than usual.

Sunday - Our numbers in SS/YMYW were quite different from last weeks 140, today we had 1 YW. We had a fireside with Julie Rodgers who is a famous church pioneer artist. She brought her paintings and told the story behind them. It was a powerful story. She told of the inspiration she received and how she truly got to know those she painted. Very moving.

On to the next week -Sorry

Eric's vehicle after going on the Atlantic Hudson to Rocky Ridge.