Children of Eldon and Danita Wilcox, soon to return from having served a mission call in Pennsylvania, were here to enjoy some snowmobiling and celebrate Jesse Wilcox birthday. His wife, Annavelyn had planned a surprise party with his siblings. Brigham and Jenipher Wilcox of Idaho Falls brought their four children. Tyson and MaKenzie Gunter of Arimo, ID, added their family to the cousin mix. The Jeff and Elise Hardy family came from North Ogden. Jesse and Annavelyn Wilcox and their son Desmond live here. The Gunter family was involved in the Simplot Games of Track and Field held in Pocatello recently, connected with their own passion for the sport.
Kent and Tammy Beardall enjoyed a winter visit from daughter Nicole and Nate Denney and their little girl, Zaydee. The Denneys live in Rexburg, ID, and Nicole has recently graduated from the nursing program of BYU/I and has accepted a job at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Congratulations, Nicole!
Brooke and Josh Reichman came up from their home in Utah to spend some time with her father, Shane Corbett, and her brother Austin, at their home on Station Creek Road.
This is a great place to live. In these trying conditions with weather and travel there are lots of instances of service being given: groceries picked up by someone already in town, taking care of animals in need of feed, driveways being plowed out for whole neighborhoods by those with equipment to handle the larger stuff, frozen water systems thawed, walks shoveled, snow from roofs removed, eggs shared. The list goes on.
Highway 36, our main “street,” that goes up Strawberry Canyon and over to the Bear Lake side of our mountains, was closed for overnight travel on one night. It was so silent for those hours as a person becomes accustomed to the sounds of traffic through our village and there are spots where the noise echoes. The wind and snow combination truly had us in a “snowed in” state that we have not experienced in a very long time. The highway crews worked on it to have it open by noon the following day. We are grateful for the hours given.
Yet another storm has hit and delivered a sizey amount of snow to add to the depths already present. Since our community is one that has few flat area it is always difficult to give an estimation as to how deep the snowpack is. Chances are it is different at most homes, depending on location and if the wind is a regular factor. We have some spots there the fences are totally covered, others where at least the posts are still visible.
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