Ogden, UT Trip

After the Death Valley trip we headed for Ogden, UT for Melissa's wedding. On the way we stopped off at Dan's house in Cedar City for a few days. We arrived in Ogden on Wednesday just before a front moved in. On Friday we entertained at the Assisted Living Center near Joey's home. Afterward, we attended a Weber State basketball game. That night Dan, Trevor, Jessica, Tyler, and Mckinna came for the wedding. Saturday it started to snow! The temps dropped into the 20s and 30s. What were we thinking when we decided to drive the motorhome up here? That afternoon we attended the dinner, wedding, and reception at the Weber State Alumni Center. It was just a wonderful afternoon. Muddy Boots (Dan's band) entertained at the reception. It has been an eventfull trip. If the roads are clear tomorrow, we will head for Arizona to the nice warm sunshine.


And the snow came down.

I was glad Bill and Karen delivered our little electric fireplace. It really made it homey in our motorhome. It also helped heat the living room.

Willard and Rocky relaxed while watching a football game on TV instead of attending the Weber State football game in the snow on Saturday.

I was glad I knitted Rocky a nice warm sweater. He was too. Brrrr!

Death Valley 49ers Annual Encampment

We Red Hatters were in the parade.

The Wagon Train came into camp after completing a 50 mile trek into Death Valley. This was the Wagon Trains 43erd Encampment. We also welcomed trail riders who completed 125 miles in 5 1/2 days.

We played in the Talent Show. There were 50 acts.

We didn't know what to expect at the Encampment. Charlie and Graceann said they had a great time last year, so we decided to go see what it was all about. This annual event celebrates the Death Valley Wagon train that crossed the valley in 1849 headed for the gold fields in California. This was the 60th anniversary. The events took place at Stovepipe Wells and Furnace Creek. We stayed at Furnace Creek. When we arrived we were surprised to find about 400 rigs in a large National Park campground. Across the street was a visitor center, motel rooms, a restaurant, store, postoffice, museum, swimming pool, golf course, tennis courts, service station, and horse stables. We had a full week of activities: daily jam sessions (2 1/2 hrs), wonderful nightly concerts (mostly western and cowboy music), fiddle contests, a talent show, an art show, craft show, parade, historical films at the visitor center, tours, and a chance to meet and greet lots of wonderful people. We will definately plan on attend it again next year. As usual I kept forgetting my camera, so I'm thankful that Charlie and Graceann shared some of their pictures with me.