Sunday, April 26, 2015



I have to add a couple more pictures.  After I posted the blog
Jeff and I went for a walk.  While walking we came upon this
wonderful bone and I thought about my grandchildren who
love to collect bones here at the DL & L.  So this picture is for
all of them.  I figure this belongs to that trekker we couldn't
find last year.  Maybe we should hide it so no one will
know we lost one, or did we?



When we left home the Greene's left us little
tootsie rolls all over in our trailer.  They are everywhere and 
when we find them we laugh and think of how much
they love us.  Jeff tried to put on his Sunday shoes today
and couldn't get his feet into them, then he realized there 
were several candies in the shoe.  


On Friday we took down and washed the curtains in the
Depot.  A big job because there are several windows.  After
washing and drying them a couple of the sisters ironed them.
We used my spray bottle I had brought from home.  I filled it
with water from the sink at the Depot.  When we were finishing
I looked at the bottle, the water in it was BROWN.  Really!
I think, "Oh no!"  We have not been drinking the water until
the testing on it is completed. The water must be bad.
I dump it out into the sink and what comes out?  A wet
tootsie roll wrapper!  There was a candy in the bottle when I
filled it with water and I didn't see it.  So we had been spraying
and ironing tootsie roll water on our nice clean curtains!
We all had a great laugh and for now the curtains remain as is.
So thank you Greene's for making us laugh and smile so
many times this last week.
I didn't take any pictures when we rode a trail on Saturday.
We were showing the newbies around on the main roads.
We got down to an area that is lower and the roads
were really wet, so wet we had to turn around and go
back.  It was a great learning experience for all the 
new ones.  What will the summer bring?


Well our dear friends and enemies, we are now at the 
DL & L and of course it is wet, snowy and windy.
At Church today they announced from the pulpit that they
knew when it snowed today that the Trek Missionaries must be
back!  Then asked, "Why weren't you here in January?
It was fun to see people we knew from last year and
to make new friends already.


We arrived on Monday April 20th.  We got to the gate
about 2:30 pm.  I was so excited to play with the locks
on the gate, that is worth the price of admission!


"Hey Cowan, We're IN!  The Key still works!"


Notice the high five by Jeff.


We were greeted by the Kennedy's and the Nordgrens.
They served with us last year and we are all so glad
to be together again.  We have 7 new couples coming
to serve with us this year.  We have all of them on site
except one couple who are on a cruise in Europe until
next week.  Can you imagine choosing a cruise or 
windy, cold, Wyoming paradise?


We purchased a new flag for our pole this year.  I can't tell
you how great it looked when we put it up.  There is nothing
as cool as seeing that flag flying next to the Depot.  I 
told Jeff it looks like a fort, I call it Fort Wahsatch. 
I can picture Kevin Costner riding up over the ridge
into the fort.  


We brought from home a cool decoration our good friend
Fred Conlon made.  We put it out on our deck and look 
who came to visit and sit by him,  Everyone has been
so good to welcome us back, even the insects.


I have a check list of things I want to see when I returned.
Badgers are at the top.  We saw several this week.  An eagle
this morning on the way to church.  Antelope (goats are what
they call them in Wyoming), several head of deer, pot guts,
(or squeekers one missionary says), hear the song of a 
coyote, ride a trail and see Kristy's Kid Killer, just to mention
a few.  I have seen and done all these. Life is good.


We had our first Sunday get together at the Trek Center.  It went
well and the warm furnace they put in really makes it nice.
So one week down, I'm not sure how many to go.
All in all we are well.  So Ray and Dee hope this post
is good enough!  We love all of you.