Mid July my parents were in town and so the three of us went to visit This Is The Place State Park at the mouth of Emigration Canyon, where the pioneers first came into the valley. It's like stepping back in time and the first time that my parents had actually been there. They definitely want to go back and see more, as there was more than they could see in the few hours we were there. They were tired, slept like babies on the drive back to the house.
This the Emery cabin (from Emery, Emery County) on cabin row. It was built way back when? (pre 1869) and then abandoned when the father built a larger home for his family, owned by another family for a while, and eventually became the post office for the little town of Emery, but now has its place in history at the park. Interestingly, a lot of these buildings come from places I've never heard of, probably because those "unknown" places have died up or been swallowed by newer towns.
There are docents on site who go about their daily living. I've wanted to be a docent at this park since Tony was a babe in arms. It used to be a 4-hour shift and so I checked into it a couple years ago thinking that now I could find the time, but it's now a minimum 6-hour commitment once a week, plus w/travel time...anyway, am thinking maybe when I'm released as RS president??? Hope so.
Picture from the monument dedicated to the early pioneers, explorers, Indians in front of the entrance to the park.
Mid July my parents were in town and so the three of us went to visit This Is The Place State Park at the mouth of Emigration Canyon, where the pioneers first came into the valley. It's like stepping back in time and the first time that my parents had actually been there. They definitely want to go back and see more, as there was more than they could see in the few hours we were there. They were tired, slept like babies on the drive back to the house. 
This the Emery cabin (from Emery, Emery County) on cabin row. It was built way back when? (pre 1869) and then abandoned when the father built a larger home for his family, owned by another family for a while, and eventually became the post office for the little town of Emery, but now has its place in history at the park. Interestingly, a lot of these buildings come from places I've never heard of, probably because those "unknown" places have died up or been swallowed by newer towns.
There are docents on site who go about their daily living. I've wanted to be a docent at this park since Tony was a babe in arms. It used to be a 4-hour shift and so I checked into it a couple years ago thinking that now I could find the time, but it's now a minimum 6-hour commitment once a week, plus w/travel time...anyway, am thinking maybe when I'm released as RS president??? Hope so.
Picture from the monument dedicated to the early pioneers, explorers, Indians in front of the entrance to the park. 
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