Our 46th Anniversary.................

Jim and I celebrated our 46th Wedding Anniversary last weekend. I told him the only thing I wanted was to load up our trailer and go camping.

As we headed up Spanish Fork Canyon, it was pouring rain, and we saw this beautiful rainbow. It was actually a double, but I didn't get both.

We figured this was a good sign, as it rained all day the day we got married. 9/6/63

When we got to Scofield on Saturday night, it was not bad. The weather was very nice the whole time. Cool enough we didn't need the cooler on, but cool enough we did need the heater at night. NICE.

Sunday morning we got up and attended church at the branch they have there in town. There were 231 people in this little building, most were visitors there for the weekend. We filled the chapel and also the cultural hall. Got to see some friends we hadn't seen in years. In fact we spent 2 hours visiting with Ann (Helsten) Carter and her husband Woody at their home after church. It was a nice visit.

After we went back to the trailer and changed our clothes we took a stroll through the cemetery. You can see the cozy little town in the background.
Jim and I have lots of memories of this place , as we both spent a lot of time here fishing in our youth. My family also spent time here visiting the Helstens, as Fran was my mother's best friend growing up and they held on to that friendship all through time.

As we toured the cemetery, it was interesting, but sad to see all these tall

plaques that were erected for the miners that were killed in the mine explosion in the 1800's. That was a hard time for this little community.

We took a drive up to Clear Creek, another small mining community farther up the canyon, and on the way back spotted this Momma deer and her two little fawns. They just stood and watched us. The fawn just in front of the other fawn was moving so it is blurry....sorry.....

We spent some time with Jim doing crossword puzzles, (no doubt) and me doing word finds. It was nice just to not have to be running somewhere, or even answering phones, as ours had no service there.

Monday morning, not too early, we got up and headed for the lake. There is so much area that is now privately owned and has NO TRESPASSING signs up, that we were not sure where to go. But Ann had told us that we could go on the beach that was on Helsten property, so we did. I told Jim that I really didn't care if I fished, I just wanted to sit and listen to the water lap on the shore and enjoy the beauty around me. SURE!!!!!

I caught one as soon as the first cast hit the water. and then caught 3 more . They were not very big so we released them with as little damage to them as could be.

This one is a tiger trout. The biggest one I caught.
And here is my Honey with his one and only catch. Sorry Dear, at least you didn't get skunked!!!! You shouldn't have bought me that" whoopin stik " pole if ya didn't want to get whooped. It was so fun. Now I am energized to get back in the grind. I am so thankful for my dear sweet husband, he is one of a kind. I am so thankful that he is mine. Thanks for the ride Dear, bumps included!!!