It's been 38 years and we are still having the time of our lives!
Last weekend we planned to go to St. George to attend Grandpa Truman's family reunion (next year the Jacob Mica reunion in SLC) but we had a sad change of plans and travelled via Caliente, Nevada. My cousin Francis Lytle passed away and his viewing was in Caliente. He is my double cousin, my dad and his mother are siblings and his dad and my mother are too. I didn't know Francis too well, I just knew he was a cowboy, and he was till the end.
Dad and I discussed world affairs on the way to Caliente and decided to subscribe to "The Economist" Mike's handbook of the world. Dad has always been more interested in world affairs and I love the local news. The COLLAPSE book is changing that.
We drove to Gunlock via Panaca, Enterprise, and St. George. Gunlock has been flooded out again. Check out Uncle Ed on the KSL web site. He was interviewed on the news.
On Saturday morning we drove out of Gunlock and stopped to talk with Kip and most of the stake at the Rodeo Arena end of town cleaning up after the flood. Kip says the problem is they took away the grazing right from the cattle ranchers, the grass grew providing good fuel, the fires came and burned everything and when it rains there is nothing to hold on to and flooding takes everything down the washes.
We drove to Veyo and attended the Albert Henry Truman/Florence Bowler reunion (yes, that is how you are all related to your dad, so am I. My grandfather's sister married your father's great grandfather)
One of Phyllis Bracken's (Jacob Mica Truman's granddaughter) daughters showed us a medallion:
http://www.dupinternational.org/jubilee/exhibit.htm (Read all about the Jubilee party at the web site)
These medallions were presented to all the surviving pioneers at the Jubilee in Salt Lake City in July of 1897.
Elizabeth Boyce Spencer Truman
(Wife of Jacob Mica Truman)
received a medallion and it is still in its original leather box.
The family will donate it to the Daughter's of Utah Pioneer museum in Salt Lake.
Next year let's plan our family vacation and go to the 24th of July parade in SLC!
It has been an short eventful 38 years and we are loving our life, our family and we are so grateful for our faith.
this isn't the "good" photo, I just can't tell which one is. . . better one next posting
NOW, SUDDENLY . . . 
