Oct 29, 2013

       Sorry if you tried to check this and there was zilch.  My life has been full of glitches this week and I forgot about it, until here I am two days later.   Let this be a warning to those of you who think retirement always goes along smoothly.  It is still life, and that should explain everything.

        We have had gorgeous fall days!  The red of the maple tress has gone, but the dark  green pines and yellows of other deciduous trees still appeal to the soul.  Warm temperatures in the days, more and more chilly at night, but hard frosts still  only here and there.

Our skunk population has to be dwindling.  This statement  is made due to the number of carcasses along the highway, giving off their own special aroma.  It does raise a person’s awareness of their existence!

Kent and ReNae Egley went north to Alaska for a much deserved vacation.  They saw so much breath-taking scenery, mountains, glaciers; plus having some great getting-away time.  The stillness of great lakes and nature was just what was needed for this pair.

Victoria Taylor and Toni Cox of Hull, England visited with Jimmie and AnnaBeth Olson for five lovely days.  A favorite activity was riding the Olson’s 4-wheeler.  They took in a corn maze and enjoyed the Logan Temple.  The Olsons' intent was to show them the beautiful Teton Mountains, but due to snowy weather conditions the park roads were closed; the group got as close as Jackson, WY and enjoyed the scenery offered from that distance.

 Lauryn Hawkes, daughter of Robert and Liz Hawkes, has turned sixteen  and received the Mia Main certificate. She will now be in the Laurel class at the LDS Ward.

Shawn and Callie Beardall and their trio of children are up from Spanish Fork, UT, to enjoy the fall and hunting season with his parents, Kent and Tammy Beardall, and their family.  It is a family tradition, going back for years.

Ray and IlaRae Van Vleet of Grace are having a break during their mission service at the Heber Valley Girl’s Camp in Utah.  They dropped over to see their daughter, Tammy and Nelson  Coleman and family. 

Max Haws and his family have been up from California.  Mink Creek residents think of Max as the deliverer of avocados because he brings what extras he has from his crop in California to share with his Mink Creek neighbors.

A wild wind visited us one day this week for most of the morning.  The trees were whipping around in the style of Harry Potter movies.  One child commented that it looked like the branches were jumping rope.  Fall leaves marched southward, no obstacle was too big in their paths.  After hours of this, it quieted, and then the rain began.  A rather gloomy, but interesting, day.  Since then we have had a smattering of snow, but it has only stayed in the tops of our mountains.