August 1, 2016

This past week was a different kind of week.  We didn't trek

we just worked at projects at the depot and trails.

Actually, it was busy, just not trekking.

We had some graffiti painted on an old wool storage shed

that sits next to the trail tracks.  The ranch asked us to paint

over it and clean it up.  So we did.  It took one coat

of primer to prepare the building.

Then we painted a gray over the primer.

Actually the picture we painted over was kinda

good, we felt bad to cover it.  One missionary said

we should leave a note for the painters and tell

them if they would paint pictures of handcarts

and pioneers we would leave it up.

This morning at 5:30 am we got up and took a ride

over to the High Country, where all the trees and wildlife

are.  We saw a moose and she has a baby with her, we didn't

get a very good picture of the baby.  Elder Cowan has

seen a moose every year on the ranch, this is my

first time seeing one.

Pretty cool.

Shortly after the moose a BIG BULL ELK was seen.

We really didn't get a very good photo of it.

But, you should know Elder Cowan was so excited

he said it was worth the whole trip.

And this was the trip, lots of dust.

So much dust we couldn't see the road in front of us.

I wish I had taken pictures earlier they would

show you what it was like.

We were totally engulfed in dust.  Dust so heavy we

used the window wipers to swipe it off, like snow flakes.

To relax I laid out on the fancy bed in the guest room

at the ranch office.  No, they didn't invite me to spend the night.

So few pictures to post this week I am posting a picture

of two bunnies who wouldn't move out of the

road, they were busy, if you know what I mean.

This is a gift we received from the Brinkerhoff's this week.

Their wonderful daughter Carol made this for us and

she is so good she did it while on vacation driving to

the heads in South Dakota.  

In the corner there is a little handcart and the words

"Keep on Trekking"

What a wonderful gift and keepsake for us.

We love the Brinkerhoff's and we will miss them and

their family when we leave in a few weeks.