A power outage that lasts for several hours surely does throw a monkey wrench into the daily plans. Mink Creek community, and likely others, was off the grid on July 22. Rocky Mountain Power attributed the cause to be that of wildlife. Totally acceptable when one lives with wildlife 24/7. One just restructures the day, or night, whatever is the case and is grateful for the guys on the crews who remedy the problem.
The Peter Haws family were up from Solvang, CA for some not-so-cool days in Idaho. Hopefully these over-warm days did not ruin the reputation of summer days in Idaho with the guests that accompanied the family.
Laura Cheney and Cindy Hanson have had visitors on a pretty regular basis. Laura’s sister Wendy stops by and her sister-in-law, Kristy Cheney checked in one weekend. Cindy’s parents, Bob and Carla Hanson got acquainted with the Mink Creek life.
A source of some of the local smoky skies was a fire up Mill Canyon, in our Birch Creek area. There are lots of pine and maple up there and it is a dry year. The Franklin County Firefighters responded to the call and got it extinguished. This kind of year puts everyone on alert, or should.
The household of Bob and Claudia Erickson has been injected with activity for nearly a month running. Carla Nielsen of American Fork, UT, was the first to arrive. While she was pulling some yard weeds she discovered the hiding place of some orphaned kittens whose mother had been a traffic fatality a few days prior. Mothering the three-week-old felines was the perfect project for the next visitors, Drew Erickson and his children Spencer and Paige from Tempe, AZ. Baby cats and summer tasks made up their agenda. They were joined by Drew’s wife Hilary and another son, Conner, for a day or two. This group has been making an effort to escape the hot days of Arizona, only to find the days in Idaho warmer than anticipated. As the Ericksons made ready to depart, Kristin and Jay Collins and daughter Claire of Lakeview, OR, arrived. The chore list continued to be worked over, along with trips to favored places like the Preston Golf Course and Big J’s. Again with an overlapping departure/arrival date, Claudine and LaMar McKague and daughter Elsie came from Vancouver, WA. On a farm there is always work to be done, and fun was interspersed with work. Both the Collins and McKague families intend to spend their retirement years in Mink Creek and those plans are in the process of development.
On July 23rd the family of Naomi Wilde combined with the Mink Creek community to host a birthday party for Naomi, celebrating her 106 birthday. It was held in our favorite good weather gathering spot, our Ballpark. Her birthday was June 6, but after 106 years no one minded that it was a bit off schedule. Those attending enjoyed a breakfast/supper of scrambled eggs, sausage patties, bacon, pancakes, orange juice, with fresh raspberries and whipped cream on the side. Her three sons, Ross, Van and Dean were ready with memories and questions for their mother. Naomi, with her usual spunk was ready with comebacks and memories in response. It was a delightful evening and well attended. If you read the Preston Citizen a lengthy article with more detail should be in this week's paper, along with a picture of Naomi.
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