We lived at Guymon's place and drove the Model A. We went to LaJara Creek. I don't know if we ever went there after we moved away from Guymon's. It was in LaJara Canyon. Arlo liked to fish there and Doris Faye and Don and Kent were the family then. We went there one day and spent the day. Arlo fished until dark and we started home. It started raining and it came down very hard. The storm followed us all the way out of the canyon and to our home. We couldn't see rain in front of us or after us, but the roof leaked, it came down so hard and fast. It was like the rain was our best friend or worst enemy. All of us were wet when we got home.
Fishing was Arlo's favorite thing to do.
He also enjoyed a ride in the mountains and to follow roads to see what was at the end of the road. We wandered all over the mountains. One day I went with him in the Jeep station wagon. He liked to sight see along the sides of the road. We rode up a high mountain road, where you felt like if you fell off, you would land in China. As we were going down the hill, the car hit some loose gravel and we went off the road and rolled down the hill. He said we rolled twice, I'm not sure we did that, but we landed on all four wheels and had a hard time driving out onto the road again. We did get back on the road and drove home. As we rolled, I hit the ceiling and my seat folded up. I landed on the folded seat and had a fish hook in my bottom. That took some effort to get out. Didn't feel good. We got razzed when we got home. There was no denying that we had rolled. The jeep had gravel on the roof and some dents.
We did have a few adventures.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The Death of Arlo's Brother, Melvin and our trip to Washington
Arlo's brother, Melvin, lived in the state of Washington, he died there, It was requested that a family member come to Washington to identify him and prepare to bring him to Colorado to bury him. Arlo and I, (Gatha), and Earl and his wife, Augusta. (is first wife). went to Washington.
Kent was a small child and I was still nursing him. Grandma Dunn tended Don and Kent, so I could go with them to identify and prepare Melvin to bring him home.
Melvin and his dad weren't very good friends. Melvin left home when he was young and the family didn't know where he was for many years. He had never married and Arlo hadn't seen him for a long time. He joined the army and was finally in touch with his family. He came to LaJara when Grandpa Vance, Arlo's dad, died. Arlo didn't know him when he saw him.
On with the story. Arlo, Earl, Gus and I drove to Washington. It was January and it was a very cold and snowy time. Idaho was snowed in, so they decided to go through Arizona and Nevada. Flagstaff was snowed in. There were drifts on the sides of the road, so high that we hardly saw any homes in Flagstaff. We went a hundred miles into Nevada and the pass we had to go through was closed, so we drove the hundred miles Back to Arizona, and drove through California. We did finally reach Washington. Arlo and Earl took care of the business of getting things ready for Melvin to be shipped by train to Alamosa and on to LaJara, where the funeral was and he was buried in the Manassa Cemetery.
Kent was a small child and I was still nursing him. Grandma Dunn tended Don and Kent, so I could go with them to identify and prepare Melvin to bring him home.
Melvin and his dad weren't very good friends. Melvin left home when he was young and the family didn't know where he was for many years. He had never married and Arlo hadn't seen him for a long time. He joined the army and was finally in touch with his family. He came to LaJara when Grandpa Vance, Arlo's dad, died. Arlo didn't know him when he saw him.
On with the story. Arlo, Earl, Gus and I drove to Washington. It was January and it was a very cold and snowy time. Idaho was snowed in, so they decided to go through Arizona and Nevada. Flagstaff was snowed in. There were drifts on the sides of the road, so high that we hardly saw any homes in Flagstaff. We went a hundred miles into Nevada and the pass we had to go through was closed, so we drove the hundred miles Back to Arizona, and drove through California. We did finally reach Washington. Arlo and Earl took care of the business of getting things ready for Melvin to be shipped by train to Alamosa and on to LaJara, where the funeral was and he was buried in the Manassa Cemetery.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
80----------continued----35 THINGS I HAVE DONE WITH MY FAMILY
Temple Trip
I think one of the things I remember most is when Arlo and I took our family to Mesa Arizona to the temple to be sealed as a family forever.
Several things happened before this happened. Our ward in Manassa had a special program to prepare families to go to the temple. It was before Monday nights were set apart for home evenings. We had a meeting each Monday night to help us prepare for this great blessing. We had been married long enough for Donnie to be getting ready to go on a mission, and I felt so strongly that if we didn't go to the temple before he left home that possibly we would never get out family all there for the sealing. I was so very anxious for this blessing that I fasted 2 days a week for many weeks, possibly as long as a year. I started my fast on Sunday morning and broke my fast after we had refreshments after our Monday night meeting. It was not hard to do this as I wanted the blessing so badly that I was glad to do it. I fed my family and didn't even feel a need to eat.
After the lessons were all given, Elma, my aunt taught a special class on preparing families to go to the temple and challenged the class to prepare to go to Mesa, Arizona to the temple, on the 15th of February 1966.
We borrowed Elma's car and drove to mesa and were sealed in the temple on that day. That was one of the greatest blessings of my life. I pray always that all of us will be worthy for that blessing for eternity. Donnie had his endowment on the same day. He was prepared to go on a mission. He went to the Central American Mission.
Trip to Los Alamos
Arlo never seemed to be able to get off work to go with us, so I took my children, Don, Kent , Bonnie and Larry and went on several trips. The one I will tell you about was when we went to Los Alamos to spend some time with Keith and Erma and their family. Arlo's brother, Earl, gave Arlo a blue Volkswagen pickup. It had a back seat. We had a great time with Keith's family. Los Alamos, at that time was a restricted city. We had to have Keith's family come to the station at the gate and make it possible for us to enter. Keith took us to his work place, where there were interesting thing about the making of the atomic bomb. It was interesting. We also went to some Indian ruins, Bandalier. It was an Indian village built on the side of a mountain. That was fun.
Trip to Pueblo
My children and I decided to go to Pueblo, to visit my friend, Nona. That was a lot of fun. Nona and I had been friends since I was in the fourth grade. We had a lot of fun, but when we started home, our car broke down. Arlo had to come and get us. Tom Rogers picked our car, (the Volkswagen pickup),on one of his trucks. and brought it home to Manassa. He later took it to Santa Fe to have it repaired.
A trip to Los Alamos with my sisters
My sisters, Barbara, LaRue and Doris Faye, and our children piled into our old car and drove to
Los Alamos, We were a little crowded, but it was fun. The seat belt laws were not in effect then. At that time all of my sisters lived in Manassa. As I remember it, Barbara lived in the old Christensen house, Harold was overseas and LaRue lived in a trailer house on the lot where we lived and Doris Faye lived in her home there. I hope my memory is right. We had a lot of fun together.
Temple Trip
I think one of the things I remember most is when Arlo and I took our family to Mesa Arizona to the temple to be sealed as a family forever.
Several things happened before this happened. Our ward in Manassa had a special program to prepare families to go to the temple. It was before Monday nights were set apart for home evenings. We had a meeting each Monday night to help us prepare for this great blessing. We had been married long enough for Donnie to be getting ready to go on a mission, and I felt so strongly that if we didn't go to the temple before he left home that possibly we would never get out family all there for the sealing. I was so very anxious for this blessing that I fasted 2 days a week for many weeks, possibly as long as a year. I started my fast on Sunday morning and broke my fast after we had refreshments after our Monday night meeting. It was not hard to do this as I wanted the blessing so badly that I was glad to do it. I fed my family and didn't even feel a need to eat.
After the lessons were all given, Elma, my aunt taught a special class on preparing families to go to the temple and challenged the class to prepare to go to Mesa, Arizona to the temple, on the 15th of February 1966.
We borrowed Elma's car and drove to mesa and were sealed in the temple on that day. That was one of the greatest blessings of my life. I pray always that all of us will be worthy for that blessing for eternity. Donnie had his endowment on the same day. He was prepared to go on a mission. He went to the Central American Mission.
Trip to Los Alamos
Arlo never seemed to be able to get off work to go with us, so I took my children, Don, Kent , Bonnie and Larry and went on several trips. The one I will tell you about was when we went to Los Alamos to spend some time with Keith and Erma and their family. Arlo's brother, Earl, gave Arlo a blue Volkswagen pickup. It had a back seat. We had a great time with Keith's family. Los Alamos, at that time was a restricted city. We had to have Keith's family come to the station at the gate and make it possible for us to enter. Keith took us to his work place, where there were interesting thing about the making of the atomic bomb. It was interesting. We also went to some Indian ruins, Bandalier. It was an Indian village built on the side of a mountain. That was fun.
Trip to Pueblo
My children and I decided to go to Pueblo, to visit my friend, Nona. That was a lot of fun. Nona and I had been friends since I was in the fourth grade. We had a lot of fun, but when we started home, our car broke down. Arlo had to come and get us. Tom Rogers picked our car, (the Volkswagen pickup),on one of his trucks. and brought it home to Manassa. He later took it to Santa Fe to have it repaired.
A trip to Los Alamos with my sisters
My sisters, Barbara, LaRue and Doris Faye, and our children piled into our old car and drove to
Los Alamos, We were a little crowded, but it was fun. The seat belt laws were not in effect then. At that time all of my sisters lived in Manassa. As I remember it, Barbara lived in the old Christensen house, Harold was overseas and LaRue lived in a trailer house on the lot where we lived and Doris Faye lived in her home there. I hope my memory is right. We had a lot of fun together.
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