July 30, 2010

Do you have any other memories about a river, lake, or beach to share?

I suppose that I do have one to share. I was in High School when the Starvation Reservoir was started. I am glad it did since it was actually what brought Behrmann’s to Duchesne. It was a long process watching the bridge being built and the dam being built as well almost on the Brown’s place, part of dad and his brother’s farming land near Duchesne. I spent some fun hours there working with Uncle Mont and dad as we herded cows, sheep and did other chores. It was also a part of my Senior year as I was in the band and we played during the dedication of the bridge where the DOT representative was my Uncle Jack from Bountiful. So there were a lot of things that I remember from that period of time when the dam was built for Starvation Reservoir.

July 29, 2010

Share the most unpleasant vacation experience you can recall.

Yep , that’s it. I don’t have one. It was always fun to travel with my family.

July 28, 2010

Share the best vacation experience you can recall.

I did in the last post. However all vacations were very special since we rarely went on any other than to go to Grandpa and Grandma's place in Centerfield once or twice a year. The farm prevented us from going very far for very long since someone would have to milk the cows for us while we were gone. We did go once to Idaho when I was 10. We went to visit another sister of mom's Aunt Helen who lived in Rexburg where Uncle Kay taught music at Ricks college. While we were there we went through Yellowstone National Park. It was also back in the history of the park when we had the bears on the road right next to the cars for several miles in various parts of the park. I didn't know how dangerous they were since they all seemed so friendly but as I have grown up I now realize it. It seems tome though as I look back that we saw very few other animals such as the buffalo and Elk. Bears were the main attraction along with Old Faithful. I loved old faithful and remembered it often as I would walk through Duchesne and take a drink at "old faceful "an appropriately named water fountain somewhere on the street in Duchesne.

July 27, 2010

Tell about a family vacation trip.

When I was 7 or so years old we went down to Blanding to visit my Aunt and Uncle Lyman. (Velma and Kay, Mom's sister just younger than she.) Anyway while we were there Uncle Kay took us in Jeeps out to see a lot of the Indian Ruins that are around that area. We also went over into Colorado to see the famous ruins there at Mesa Verde National Park. I will always remember the excitement at finding drawings up on the rocks and cliffs where it seemed no one could go. Later I found out that there were some small ones in Duchesne near where the canal left the river. Looking at them they seemed to be where no one could reach them but after climbing up there we found a narrow ledge that led out to the paintings. It then became clear to me how they had done those in the four corners area where we had visited them with Uncle Kay.

July 26, 2010

Share a special memory about riding in a boat.

We always had Father's and Son's celebrations while I was growing up. There were two of them that were very special in that we traveled out of the normal and went to float the Green River blow the dam at Flaming Gorge. We went and had rented several large rafts or what could be considered boats since that was the closest that I had ever been in getting into a boat. We floated the 5 or so miles down to Brown's hole where we would get out. I was always fun to go through the rapids even though they were never terribly big they were still fun. It was always a fun event. Later in life I walked that stretch of the river and photographed scouts as they floated down through the rapids. It was fun to do that as well and especially since I did not even realize it was possible until that time.

July 25, 2010

What memories do you have of lightning or thunder during your childhood?

I remember being scared a lot of times by the lightning and thunder. One time however I slept right through he worst one that mom and dad could ever remember. It was so loud and so close that it woke everyone in the house except Lynn and I. We slept in the basement with no windows in the room and thus sounds were usually blanked right out. The next morning we went to survey the damages from the storm. We couldn't find where that one had hit even though it had to have been close to the farm. We did find though a lot of power poles up on the Knight's ranch further up along Blue bench. It had caused a lot of them to fall down and were splintered very badly. I was always kind of sad that I had missed that one even though they were always so scary. I did love to watch the lightning however once it got far enough away.

July 24, 2010

Relate a memory of a tornado, hurricane, or destructive wind.

When I was about 14 Alma and Loyle lived in Louisiana. There was a hurricane called "Camille" that went through Mississippi and lower Louisianna areas. It went p streets close to where they lived. Mom and Marsha and Leesa went there for a vacation before it happened and then when I was 16 we went down there for New Years (ad, Mom, Stan and I) and went past the streets where the damage had been done. Mom time and time again commented how it had all changed so much since the stores and things that she had remembered from the earlier trip were totally gone. One side of the street would be the same while the other was wiped clean.

July 23, 2010

Relate a memory involving a flood or cloudburst.

I don't remember any specific floods or cloudbursts but I do remember the effects of one rather large rain storm. In indian canyon the hills rise rapidly from the road to the top of the mountain. When rain would come it would often come down rather rapidly since it ran off the rocks instead of sinking into the ground. It seldom did any damage but one specific one was so big that it washed out the dirt road going up indian canyon to Price in several places. I remember riding up with Uncle Mont to the ranch and seeing where the water had come down with such power that it had flooded the road in numerous places and washed it out in several others. We had a hard time getting to the ranch. It hadn't done any damage to the ranch houses but had washed through some of the fields leaving a lot of debris scattered through the fields. It was quite a while before all of the road had been repaired.

July 22, 2010

Share a memory about a power outage.

I don't remember a specific power outage but do remember that we had them. Usually it was bring out the flashlights and sometimes the oil burning lamps. I don't remember any other specifics but it was probably a routine of going to bed if it happened late enough or doing chores by candlelight such as mopping floors or doing dishes since they didn't require power to accomplish. Since mom and dad grew up without power it was no big deal to loose it once in a while so life seemed to go on as normal or otherwise I might have remembered them more significantly.