Utah was founded by the Mormon pioneers in 1847 after enduring unimaginable losses and seeking a place of peace. July 24th marks the anniversary that the first wagon trains arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. Their numbers were greatly diminished by crossing the country in wagons and handcarts, dying of scurvy, tuberculous, malaria, starvation, unidentified fevers, and freezing to death. This, they found preferable to facing the extermination order put forth by Governor Boggs of Missouri. I believe this is the most courageous act of faith - to leave all they had that was familiar and travel the rough terrain in the unknown in search of a place where they could worship in peace. My daughters left this morning for a small re-creation of what the pioneers experienced. I don't love the idea since I know so many of the pioneers died but it is a way for many of the youth to connect to their ancestors and understand what many of the early members endured for their faith. The youth were asked...
Last fall, we went up the canyon in Springville, to take family pictures, and got stuck behind a cattle drive. I never wanted a burger so badly.
ReplyDeleteI love those lambs. Especially the black ones!
ReplyDeleteoh wow that is so weird. Never seen anything like that before!
ReplyDeleteComing from Wyoming and Montana, we saw it all the time. They even have a sheep drive in Montana where all the sheep ranchers get together and herd all their herds down the road together and make a celebration of it. My hubby used to work some of the cattle drives.
ReplyDeleteI love sheep and cattle drives. They make me smile and realize that all is OK with the world.
ReplyDelete... I saw you! I saw you in the video! The little black sheep in the back! ;)
Could have been Sanpete County! I like seeing the cowboys work the crowd.
ReplyDeleteWHAT???
ReplyDeleteSpeechless? Nah, not you.
ReplyDeletewhoa nelly, y'all come back now! (for some reason I can't view videos when they are embedded in blogger.)
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, where did they all come from?
ReplyDeleteDid you ever receive The Plain Truth? My son shipped it out for me so I want to make sure you got it.
I love this so much.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of driving in LA on the 405...
How cute from 30 states away. I am not sure I'd want to try to maneuver that every day, but cute just the same.
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