Helen's business class used photoshop to create posters for the homecoming football game. Helen's was chosen to be printed to advertise for the game. This is a photo of her poster in the school entry.
With freezing weather in the forecast Monday night, Becky pulled our vegetables out of the garden. It's easier to clean the garden out before the plants freeze and turn black and slimy. Our zinnias looked so good that she left them in case it didn't actually get cold enough to freeze.
Sadly, it did freeze. The flowers looked cool when they were ringed with frost, but as soon as the frost melted, they looked terrible.
We left before sunrise Friday night for a quick road trip to Idaho. By the time the sun came up, we were near Diamond Lake. This is Mt. Thielsen.
A couple of hours into our trip, we drove past a semi truck that had run off the road. Fearing the driver had a medical emergency, we stopped to help. It turned out the truck was headed from Seattle to Los Angeles. The older driver was sleeping while the younger man drove. Lured off I-5 by his GPS, the driver ended up circling around Crater Lake. The older man woke up at 3 am when the truck was stuck in the sand, about 2 hours away from I-5. They had been working for 5 hours to free their truck. Fortunately a state trooper pulled up after we did and used his radio to call a tow truck. We're including this photo and story because there's a gospel lesson here.
Gibson took the opportunity of a bathroom stop to use the giant slide in Burns.
Helen learned how to pump gas on Ontario.
Our friend, John, ran his 100th marathon on Saturday. He invited lots of friends to meet him and finish his last mile with him. Since we were out of town, we offered to run a mile in solidarity with him in Idaho. Sarah and Joe took us to the Silver Creek Wildlife preserve and dropped us off at the top of a hill so we could run our mile downhill. Besides enjoying the beautiful view, we saw deer, ducks and 5! moose.
Our main purpose in coming was to attend the Pocatello temple open house. We obtained our tickets 2 months ago, as soon as they became available. Sarah and Joe signed up for handicap access tickets so they could bring Grandma Larsen. Grandpa also went as part of their group. Those with the special tickets could park at the temple, borrow a wheelchair and use a separate entrance with a much shorter line. This is a photo of Grandpa near the temple cornerstone.
The open house committee designated 4 nearby meeting houses as transportation hubs. Brandan, Becky, Helen and Gibson drove to the church printed on our ticket and parked. We met Sofi and Erik at the church and rode a bus to the temple. About 18,000 people tour the temple every day and this keeps the traffic moving smoothly. This is a photo of Helen and Gib on the bus.
We had a bit of a wait before our tour began and were happy for the time to catch up with Sofi and Erik. The temple is exquisite, top to bottom. The stained glass windows, hardware and other decorations use syringa and bitterroot flowers, both native to Idaho. The rooms are airy and spacious which befits a temple built in wide, sage brush covered vistas. After our tour we met up with Sarah, Joe, Grandma and Grandpa.
Saturday was warm and sunny, but Gibson found a pile of snow leftover from a snowstorm earlier in the week.
And Erik, too.
Another photo.
Joe and Keri and their boys toured the temple last weekend. Joe sent this photo of the temple after their tour.
We spent Saturday night with Sarah and Joe and went to church with them Sunday morning. Then we drove home. Helen and Gibson each got a row in the van and had a pretty comfortable trip.
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