4th of July Parade

     We have a tradition here at the Camp.  For the 4th and the 24th of July we have a parade for whoever is on the Mountain. Since the 4th landed on a Monday, and no one was in camp, we had the Parade on the 5th for the Young Women who had just arrived on the Mountain.
     We all decorated our ATV's and drove through the whole camp, throwing our candy and waving to the girls.  They loved it. It was really fun.
      So Elder LeFevre and I decided, hey why not, let's invite Santa and Mrs. Claus and 2 of the elf's to ride in the 4th of July Parade. So we had Santa decorate his summer sleigh and He and Mrs. Claus and 2 of the Elf's came and through out candy canes.  They were a hit.

You can't see it very well the the line of ATV's goes all the way around the corner ahead

This is our pet deer.  She sleeps right next to our cabin. She just looks
at us when we go in and out. We can walk right next to her and it
 does not scare her away.  We love it that the animals are not
 afraid of us. ( except maybe when it is a skunk or badger)

Kind of like the movie "Ground Hog Day"................

Sometimes it is kind of like the Movie " Ground Hog Day".  Every day we get up, go to the Lake, have a great time with the Young Women and Families that come, go home, eat, and go to bed.  But each day we meet new people, almost everyday, we find someone that knows us or knows one of our kids, or someone we served a mission with in Micronesia.  

Some days we get to go for a ride, the pictures really do not do justice to the
beautiful scenery we get to see.  

It is so much fun.  Yes we are tired at the end of the day, but it is such a good tired.  We love what we are doing.  We love being Missionaries,  We love these precious Young Women and their leaders that come to camp and the families each weekend are so much fun.  What a GREAT Mission. 

The wild life, are not afraid of us, they rarely run away, they just look at us,

Some of our Young Women walking the trail around the lake

I can never get enough of these amazing girls and women who come to our lake,
they bring such happiness with them. 

This young women is the granddaughter of the Chandlers,
we served a mission with Elder and Sister Chandler in Micronesia

The other granddaughter of the Chandlers.  both girls came and said hello to us
when they were at the lake. They remembered us from meeting us when
Elder and Sister Chandler gave their homecoming talks and we
went to hear them. 

A family of ducks that live at our lake

Another family of ducks.  we have 5 in all that we have found

Out for another ride

Elder LeFevre was pretty excited when we came across these 2 bucks

I know it is hard to tell, but these 2 pictures are 2 different Beavers swimming across
the Lake, with tree branches for  their houses.

I love it when we drive through the thick forests of  Quaking Aspens

Baird's Cabin.  this cabin is about 150 years old.  It belonged to the original owners
of the land that is now Heber Valley Camp. It now sits on the camp property
so the Church went in and restored it. 

Found this baby Fawn, we wondered where her mother was.

Terrible picture of me, but a great one of Daisy.  This is our daughter in law,
Kammie's cousin. We have spent many a Long Horn Days in Altamont
with the whole family.  It was fun to find her at camp as a Young Women Leader

The Young Women come to the Lake

       The Young Women not only returned to the Mountain, but they returned to the Lake.  We loved it.  As each group arrived, it brought tears to my eyes. They bring such a strength  and spirit to the Mountain.  We Love what we are doing.  So good to be missionaries again.

These girls did not want to go out on the water, so they sang songs in the Pavilion  and
they sang beautifully

So many girls, they love the lake

Elder Terry, getting things ready to load a canoe

We were driving the Pontoon boat, when these two pulled up
next to us.  We found out later the one in the back
 is Gracie,  Sis. Honroths( one of our missionaries here) neice

View from the back of the Pontoon boat

All smiles

We walked out the door of our cabin and this Mama and baby moose
were right there

This deer swam in the lake with the girls today