May 2, 2012

Motorcyclist enthusiasts are loving the block of nice days sent our way. They roar up and down our main street, Highway 36.  They go zipping past, from large groups to singles, and sometimes a couple on a single.  The last few days have been perfect for such an activity.  It is spring so this is only temporary.  

            The family of Royce and Lorraine Christensen had a spring reunion.  All of their children were able to assemble, with the exception of Cameron who lives in Washington. This was the first time for them to be together in six years.  Colleen and Justin Carter and children are now in Logan after some years in the Midwest.  Carrie Ann and Ken Melton and their son Kenny live in Lafayette, IN, and managed a week long visit.   Kim and Joe Tracy, with their family of three youngsters are in Meridian, ID. Kevin Christensen is still in Arizona.  Fred and Victoria Christensen are working and going to school in Orem, UT.

Danalee Abernethy spent the weekend with her parents, Bob and Claudia Erickson.  She drove up from her home in Alpine, UT, to enjoy watching her sister, Laural, and  husband Jody Janke in their roles at the Worm Creek Theater.

Jerry and Ramona Hatchett are back home in their lovely roost on one of our mountainsides.    This year they didn’t need snowshoes to reach the house when they returned.  They have been south for the winter months, at their St. George home.  Jim and Debbie Harrison have been up from St. George too.

MaKenzie Wilcox will be marrying her fiancé Tyson Gunter in mid-May, once they are out of school in Provo.   They are doing wedding plans with her folks, Eldon and Danita Wilcox,   with the big day being just a tad over two weeks away. 

              Shawn and Callie Beardall and their three children took a break from life in Spanish Fork, UT, to be in Mink Creek with his parents, Kent and Tammy.  The Beardall family kept track of the children for a bit while Shawn and Callie went over to Wardboro, just outside of Montpelier, to spend some time with Callie’s family.

The man who lives on the corner of Mink Creek proper, Mike Dyer, has arrived with the beginning of green in our valley.  We have missed this man and are glad that his job of keeping up with the Preston golf greens has brought him back to us after a few months away.

A short ride up some of our off roads quickly proved that our deer are still around.  They looked a little on the scrawny side, but were munching on the hillside browse.  Hope they get in better shape as the warmth takes over.  All the hills are bursting with green power so there should be feed to put some plump on those bones.

May brings the first cutting of water cress, a spring favorite, around here.  Usually it takes a few days into the month, but not this year.  The refrigerator got its first batch already and the sandwiches were up to par.  They even had the "healthy" label.