There are flocks of turkeys, alive and
well, up and down the valley after the feast of Thanksgiving Day has
come to a close. These wild birds are enjoying whatever leftovers
they can find in our farmers' fields.
Three canals in the county claim
water from Mink Creek as their source: Twin Lakes, Riverdale, and
Consolidated Irrigation. Our community has some other waterways that
provide nourishment to our fields. Some now are dry, others with
their depths are down to not much more than a trickle with the end
of the growing season. Any movement is slow and sluggish in this
season of the year.
Mink Creek has had three young men
playing on the Preston High School varsity football team. They are
Sam Seamons, Ben Seamons and Travis Greene. Now that the season is
over these three will be moving on to winter sports.
Maria and Devin Flake have been up
from their home in Saratoga Springs, UT, to visit with her mother,
Lana and Ivan McCracken. They were introducing their tiny son, Jude
Bryan Flake, to the Mink Creek community. He sports a cute thatch of
black spikey hair. Daniel and Heather Baird and their four children
from Rexburg gathered here too for the Thanksgiving weekend. LaRon
and Liesa Baird live across the road from the McCrackens, Nathan
Baird is close at hand. The families enjoyed being together and
sharing memories and good food.
During the last part of November there
have been all types of vehicles headed out of our canyons with their
prize Christmas tree in tow. The harvesting of the chosen tree is
evidently a tradition in many families. The first few days the area
would have been dry and chilly, then a storm moved in on Tuesday of
this past week so those seekers would have some snow to navigate and add to
the excitement.
Our summer population has dwindled a
bit. Cold weather has arrived, the various hunting seasons are to
an end, a beautiful fall has turned into a biting winter. Those
residents needing warmer temperatures have headed to other locations:
St. George, California, Las Vegas, Arizona among them.
One indication that pheasant season
has closed is hearing roosters crowing now and again. They are
also more visible along the roads and in the fields.
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