Day Log 07.20.05 Wednesday

We were lazy this morning and got up at 8:30, took our time checking out and then drove up to the graveyard. With the aid of directory posted we located Grandpa & Grandma Maxfield, Junious Maxfield, Wayne Morgan, and others grave sites. Took some pictures, batted at the Delta fly’s, and drove out of town by 10:30. Mary asked as we were leaving town how it felt being back in Delta after so long. I had to reflect for a minute and the thoughts went back to the time I was living there and not just the visits down from Ogden. I remembered the house over across the tracks by the seed mill, the house down the street from Grandpa Clyde’s where the fire happened, the smells and feelings poking around in Grandpa’s sheds where his plumbing stuff was along with the smell of pipe cutting oil as well as the dust that seem to always cover everything. All in all good thoughts, but a sure knowledge that I was glad we moved to Ogden. A good place to go back to for visits one in awhile but not someplace to live all your life. I know Kenny and Connie disagree with that but Delta is their life, the smells, dust, and people are their way and I just got too used to being closer to the green and mountains.

In the drive crossed some of the Delta fire burn that took up most of the right hand side of the road up to the mountain edge, the smell was still strong and it looked like they were still working a hot spot in one of the canyons. When we got to Elberta on route six we decided to take the old Redwood Road on the back side of Utah Lake. It turned out to be very much different than the last time I drove it some 39 years ago. The farm land is better developed, more of the landscape is developed and in the Sarasota Springs area housing has taken over. We did stop in Sarasota Springs for about 90 minutes to visit with the McElwain family that moved our from Connecticut about two years ago. The were kind and let us in with out notice. They both seemed to have taken to the area very well and enjoy having a good number of their kids and grandchildren near by.

We cut up toward I-15 an Nephi, stopping for gas and a salad then headed on toward Ogden, Just at the point of the mountain Cora called to see where we were and as it turned out we showed up in her drive way in about 65 minutes later. Kevin pulled in at about the same time. We visited for an hour or two and then headed to 12th street exit, checked into the motel, washed up, then met Jerry and Jack at the Golden Corral for supper. We made arrangements to me Jerry in the morning after I had the oil and tires tended to at Tony Divino Toyota on Riverdale Road.

The miles traveled for the day were small (180), the hours normal and the number of visits more than normal for this trip.

I will check in later in the week from somewhere.