Family Pictures of Logan

When spent one day, the night, and then the morning of the next day in Logan.  We stayed with Connie.  When we first arrived in Logan we met Grandpa Scoresby for breakfast at Angie's Restaurant.  We then visited my mother at her rest home.  Sara was there as well.  We then headed to Connie's to get situated, and my mom came out with Sara for family dinner.  It was a bit hard as my mother wasn't remembering things very well.  She couldn't remember which of us were her kids.  She was also very hard discovering that Sara has cancer, although I am sure she has been told before.
However dinner was very lovely, and we had a sit by the fire pit after, and the kids tried the burro.

Kids and my mom

Kids and Grandpa Scoresby

Mom and I; we had a good talk

Caleb

Natalia, Kayla, Sara

Mom ant I Sara Connie

Grandkids and mom, Caleb, Natalia and Mirand 

Connie's remodeled room in her basement were Sheri and I stayed

The Long Ride: Iowa to Logan

Sunday after church, and then into Monday morning we did the long ride home to Cache Valley.  This was a drive all day kind of experience, with five drivers.  We did give out during the night for a couple hours, and the fog in Wyoming was terrible.  We started in Fairfield, and went through Des Moines, Omaha, and then stayed on the 80 through Nebraska and most of Wyoming, but cut north through Kemmerer and went around Bear Lake and through Logan Canyon.

Iowa State Capitol Building

Lincoln Memorial on I-80

Tranquil Bear Lake

Fairfield, Iowa Ward

One of the highlights of our trip was Sunday services and pot lock with the Fairfield Ward.  This is the area Caleb had served next to last, and he had been there over six months.  There were many people he had helped to share the gospel, and many who had accepted.  On couple had a new baby, less than a week old, and I got a turn holding the baby.  any people came up to us and whispered how much they liked Caleb., that he was their favorite, and a good missionary.
During sacrament meeting they called on Sheri to bear her testimony.
After sacrament meeting they had a missionary pot luck.  Man those people in Iowa know how to put on a pot luck.  The had pork of several different kinds, and corn on the cob.  I thought it was running out; turned my head and the bowl of corn was refilled.  They also had desserts of many different types, including one made with lade fingers.  Bitter sweet goodbyes, but we had a long way to travel that day and night.
SO we owe them a very big thank you!

Side Trip to Carthage

Carthage is more a place for medication than site seeing.  The tour of the jail makes you look inward, and see the prophet Joseph Smith and his brother.  The docent did say the Joseph was leaned against the well, and his death made sure.  There was a pauper cell, next to the cell where they were when attacked.  This cell was much different.  However the place where they were attacked was more like a bedroom, in fact it was the jailer's room he had given to the prisoners so the would be more safe. Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith were killed.  John Taylor, through wounded survived.  Willard Richards passed through without a wound.

bullet hole

Joseph and Hyrum

flower garden

Looking at the well from the window

the well