Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Ghost Towns...

With Greg being a history buff, we end up going on crazy adventures. Lately we've been searching for ghost towns. Carbon County (where Greg grew up) is FULL of ghost towns due to the coal mining towns. I guess we dream about finding a ghost town with buried treasure... Hopefully that day will come soon! Until then, we're having fun searching.

Unfortunately, a lot of the ghost towns are now on private property and the remains have been ruined. In one such case, there is a legend about "White Lady" that haunts an old mining town. In 1972, a teenage boy was so freaked out by the thought that he had seen the ghost that he destroyed part of the building.


Whether the buildings are destroyed or partially intact, it's always a grand adventure learning the history of the towns and the people who lived there. Did you know that there was once a hot spring called Castilla up Spanish Fork Canyon (before the Thistle turn off). The numerous times we've driven that canyon, and had no idea what once stood just off the highway. The history of it is fascinating, a hobo burned the hotel down trying to stay warm years after it was shut down.

Well that's it for our adventures thus far. We're hoping to make it back down towards Price before we get too much more snow. Maybe we'll find some old coins and strike it big :) Laters!

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Getting in the Halloween Spirit....

In an attempt to get into the Halloween spirit (one of Greg's favorite holidays...) we walked around the Halloween USA store. What an interesting place! Here are just a few of our pictures...





We also got in the spirit of Halloween by carving pumpkins with Brennen and Ashlee...



Sunday, October 4, 2009

General Conference Weekend

A couple of weeks ago I attended Time Out for Women with my mom and sister Leslie. One of the speakers was Mark Mabry - the AMAZING photographer of the Reflections of Christ.

He has just finished up Reflections of Christ Another Testament. They shot the photos in Central America and he said that they dressed the natives up and just let them go with the flow.

Well his photos were on display down at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building during conference weekend. Greg knew that I just loved his work so Friday we escaped from Logan and went and saw Mark's exhibit.

Lets just say that I was so touched and felt the spirit so strongly that I of course shed some tears. One of the photos is of Christ on some large steps with the natives and children all around. Fading into the scene are beautiful Angels from heaven.

Then listening to the Prophet and the Apostles was so inspiring. I feel like I can take on any trial that comes our way!