This weeks trek went a little different than we had planned. We
had a Stake that arrived on Thursday and were staying until Saturday, so
only two nights. On July 30th, my brother Barlow died in
Orem. We were lucky enough to visit with him on Monday July 28th.
He was buried in Beaver, Utah on Friday Aug 1st. We had
a couple take our spot so we could travel to Beaver. They
have helped us out before. We enjoyed our time with Family
for a few hours and then drove back up to the Ranch that
afternoon.
The Stake had made wooden tokens to wear around your neck.
You were to write the name of a pioneer for whom you would
be walking in remembrance of them while on trek. A few
weeks ago, my nephew Eric was here on a trek. He had
his brother Robert's name on his wrist to walk for him.
Robert died in April this year. I was so touched when
I saw that, it was such a good idea. So this week
when they gave to me the blank token I knew immediately who
I would choose to walk for, my brother Barlow. I know he
is running, walking, singing, joking, laughing, and hugging
all whom he saw in his new surroundings.
We thought this Sister was pregnant, we are thinking,
"Is she crazy? What if she goes into labor?" No one dared
approach her until we found out it was all a joke! Boy,
did we buy into it. Jeff was really worried and said,
he hoped if she went into labor it would be Friday when we
were going to be gone!
This is a awesome set up. They hung lanterns from
each one of these poles and then held a devotional each
night surrounded by the light in a circle. This stake
has been trekking for 20 years! They go every four years,
this was their 5th trek. Most of the adults had been
to all of them.
I always laugh when I see all the buckets sitting out in the
meadows. They look kinda out of place, yet so
in place, does that make sense?
Every time there was a water break a group of kids would
gather for a game of hakie sak. They would kick the
sak three times then after the third time it was a free
for all to catch the sak, so everyone would dive to the middle
or wherever the sak was. Then when it was in some one's hand
they would quickly run away from the circle because the one
with the sak could then throw hard and hit whomever
they wanted to with the sak! Yes, they would throw it really hard!
It was fun to watch, dangerous to play. Right after I took
this picture the sak was thrown and it landed underneath
the port-a-john! It was Saturday so the port-a-johns were
pretty smelly. The boy getting the sak didn't want to crawl under
them, so he used one of the plugs for the toilet to pull it out
from underneath! He is touching this yucky thing with
his bare hands and then touching the sak with it also. This
plug is used to seal off the toilets when we are moving them
to a different location and they are gross because the "STUFF"
gets on them!!!!!! I said to the boy, "So do you know
what that is you are using?" He, of course, didn't know.
When I explained it's purpose he was so grossed out and
everyone else was grossed out also! Yuck, and yes, they
continued to use the hakie sak anyway.
This family was fun to walk with. On the last day as they
trekked they would do the hokey pokey dance while
walking their cart. They would even turn themselves around
while walking forward. It is so fun to watch those who
have a good time even while working hard, they are the
ones who you know will be able to do anything they
need to in the future. This is the fun part of trekking.
On Sunday, August 3rd an artist Clark Kelly Price came
to visit us for a fireside. He has painted lots of pictures
for the church and does lots of Western art also. We have
two of his pictures hanging on our wall in our living room.
We bought this picture from him and he signed it again
for us. He was very interesting to listen to.
We are going to finish up our trek this week. This
will be our final trek, number 8. It is a ward from
Rigby Idaho and will be a smaller group. Jeff walked
a mile on Sunday afternoon and actually walked over
3 miles today. I followed him in the Ranger just
in case he couldn't make it to the end. He is
hoping to walk some of the trail this week. Pray
for him to do so!
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