JULY 1916 Grandma's Birthday Party in Ogden

Train Ride in South Weber, Air Force Museum & Franot Runner back home!

US AIR FORCE MUSEUM IN ROY< UT

FRONT RUNNER HOME

JULY 2016 ~This Is The Place~ & Church History Museum

4th of July 2016

This is the Place

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Children's Area in Church History Museum

June 23, 2016 Dirt Road Heaven & Crookston Reunion

We drove basically dirt roads from Pine View near Ogden Valley to Bear Lake!

David said it was more fun than going to Disneyland!!!

Miles and miles of yellow wildflowers

Roads were well marked to find Old Ephraim's Grave

He was killed in 1923.  One of the last grizzly bears in Utah

Some of David's Crookston cousins help with this marker and monument in 1966.

June 18, 2016 Crookston Reunion up Logan Canyon

1922 Camp Lomia Lodge that Grandpa Crookston helped buile

 Carl, Joe, David, Carole, Lorena, Myra and Ralph

 Inside was very nice and cool temperature wise.

 Joe Harline with some cousins

Miraim (Lynn's daughter, Lorena and JoLynne

  Here's Toothless Mason Clark  (minus his front 4 teeth).

At the Crookston Reunion on Sat., a boy named Mason (age 5) not Mason Clark was missing for about 45 minutes until they found him about a block away in another camp.  We were worried because there was a six foot wide stream along the side of the girl’s camp.

The site for the reunion was about 15 miles up Logan Canyon.  It was hard getting to the Lodge because on this small road just big enough for 2 cars to pass and two cattle trucks loaded with sheep were coming down the hill towards us with a stream on our side.  We pulled over as much as we could and they sqoze by with just an inch to spare!  Never seen anything like it!  Then when we were going down, they had someone stopping traffic at a fork while 5 trucks full of cattle came up the road.  We had to wait about 20 minutes but understood that was better than dueling it out with the five of them on the narrow road.  You’d think they would wait till the weekdays when there weren’t as many cars on the road!

The Lodge was huge with balconies on both sides.  It was very old but well taken care of and the temperature inside was about 10 degrees cooler than on the outside with a breeze that blew through the north and east doors.  Grandpa Crookston had helped build the Lodge back in 1922.  It was originally a Boy Scout Camp and then became a Girl’s Camp and is now a Stake Camp with Girl’s Camp having priority. It has a nice kitchen, indoor plumbing and individual cabins for sleeping.  In the grassy area outside there was a volleyball net, lots of grass and a tree swing that was kept going non-stop. 

One of the cousins told The Legend of Old Ephraim, a documented  9-foot-11-inch, 1,100-pound grizzly bear.  It was about a 30 minute long telling of the problems that this bear was causing to the ranchers in the area of both sheep and cattle.  The bear was real smart and would move traps out of his way.  It is a 12 mile round trip hike to the bear's grave or you can travel on some steep dirt roads to get there.

This is a yummy Cookie recipe!

Applesauce Raisin Cookies

This is one of my favorite cookie recipe from Grandma Prather

A. Cover about 2 cups of raisins with water and boil for 5 minutes and then drain and cool.  Preheat oven to 375 F.

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B.  Cream in a large bowl:

1 c. shortening

2 c. sugar

Then add 2 eggs and stir again

C.  In a separate bowl mix:

2 c. applesauce

2 tsp. soda

It will start to foam. 

D.  Then sift together and then add in smaller amounts to the above mixture

4 c. flour

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. nutmeg

1 tsp cloves   (smells wonderful)!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E.  Add 2 cups of chopped walnuts, if desired

F.  Drop by teaspoons on oiled cookie sheet.    Bake at 375 F for 12 minutes, then cool.

MAY 16, 2016 National Automobile Association Our Trip to Reno

National Automobile Association

                                

Reno, Nevada      

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