March 24, 2020

          Our lives in Mink Creek match those of the rest of the world with the restrictions needed with the current health crisis. Life still goes on and we juggle uncertainties. We have always been a community connected to each other and that will not change. One person making a trip to the grocery store may provide pickup for several other families, limiting the need to be out and about. Chores for taking care of livestock and pets are still part of the daily outdoor routines.

          River McKay, daughter of Sharla and Lin McKay is engaged to Hunter Morgan. Their wedding plans center around May 9, 2020, at this point.

           Morgan Curtis drove up from her place in Logan to spend some time with her parents, Paul and Terrie McKay.

           Angelo and Gracie Crosland were down from McCall, ID, staying with his parents, Robert and Phee Crosland while Angelo was checking out possible new employment in Bear Lake county.

           Jonathan Seamons, son of Jeff and Jennifer Seamons, has been invited to wrestle for Team Idaho at the Folkstyle National Middle School Heartland Duals in Iowa on April 9-11. At this point things are a bit up in the air, but Jonathan is still looking for work opportunities to help cover his expenses.

           With the changes occurring in the Boy Scout program a number of our residents have been released from callings with that organization. Liesa Baird, Phee and Robert Crosland, Kim Rasmussen, Sharla McKay, Dawnell and Chad Greene, Jeff Seamons, Jamie Forbush, Glen Jepsen, Kent Beardall, Layne Erickson and Lin McKay. There has been some jiggling around and some of them are continuing to work within the Primary organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

             We have a pretty bald eagle frequenting the area. The Canadian geese are setting up a racket and flying in formation up and down our valley. There are even some tulips poking up where the snow has backed off sufficiently.

           Vernon Keller, Mink Creek's oldest resident, passed away unexpectedly a week ago. More details will be in next week's post.

            Our spring of 2020 has officially started with a batch of rainy, drippy days. Luckily the ground isn't frozen and is soaking up the majority of the rainfall. Vehicles hauling snowmobiles continue to make their way to our canyons as the snow slowly disappears.