ODDS AND ENDS IN CLOSING FOR THE WEEK

THIS IS OUR SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK. I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN READ IT, BUT IT SHOWS WE ARE SCHEDULED TO DO FOOT BRIDGE MON, YARD CREW ON TUES, 

VISITOR'S CENTER ON WED, P-DAY ON THURSDAY, HANDCART PARKING ON FRIDAY,  AND BACK TO VISITOR'S CENTER ON SAT.  WE REALLY DO GET A VARIETY TO DO.

THIS SCHEDULE IS OF EXTRA ACTIVITIES. ON MONDAY ITS HELPING WITH SQUARE DANCING WITH THE TREKERS, ON TUES IT'S HUMANITARIAN CENTER, ON FRIDAY ITS GIVING THE HISTORY OF MARTIN'S COVE TO 4 GROUPS OF TREKERS TOTALING A LITTLE OVER 1000 PEOPLE, AND THEN ON SATURDAY WE ARE SCHEDULED TO CLEAN THE GATHERING CENTER WITH 2 OTHER COUPLES.

NEXT WEEK I HAVE A GROUP OF PICTURES SHOWING US AT VARIOUS POSTS DOING A MULTITUDE OF THINGS. LOVE YOU ALL   MOM & DAD ( ELDER & SISTER FORSBERG)

*************************************************************************************

PARTY AT THE PAVILLION WITH THE MISSIONARY BANK PLAYING, MOM ON THE LEFT SIDE.

ON THE WAY TO PRAYER MEETING HAVING JUST PARKED IN THE FAR PARKING LOT.

MOM'S NEW TOY. A BANJO FOR THE MISSIONARY BAND. SHE'S HAVING A BALL WITH IT.

A TREKER WHO THINKS PLAYING WITH RATTLERS IS OK.  WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS SO FUNNY.

THIS IS THE BASE STATION WHERE ALL COMMUNICATIONS, INSTRUCTIONS, AND ASSIGNMENTS TAKE PLACE.  WE HAVE BEEN ASKED IF WE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HELPING THERE NEXT SUMMER!  WE'LL SEE.

SISTER BOLTON WITH "WALTER" A CALF THAT SURVIVED BIRTH WHEN IT'S MOTHER DIDN'T.  WAS RAISED BY HAND FEEDING, BUT HAS SINCE BEEN MOVED TO ANOTHER CHURCH RANCH IN WYOMING.  MARTIN'S COVE IS MORE THAN A HISTORICAL SITE, IT IS ALSO A WORKING RANCH WITH ABOUT 1000 HEAD OF CATTLE. THE BOLTON'S ARE SPECIFICALLY ON A MISSION TO THE RANCH UNTIL 2010.

BIG "BERTHA" WHERE ALL BURNABLE GARBAGE MUST BE BROUGHT. EVEN FROM OUR HOMES 13 MILES AWAY.

MANY WIERD CRITERS SHOW UP!

MANY OF THESE, BUT SOME WITH FANGS AND RATTLES ON THEIR TAILS.  THREE WEEKS AGO AS WE HOSTED GROUPS FOR A WEEK AT JACKSON CAMP SITE, I KILLED A RATTLER A DAY FOR 5 DAYS. ONE ALSO GOT AWAY.

HANDCARTS FOR TREKERS, ALSO SHOWING WHAT THE TENTS WERE LIKE THAT THE HANDCART COMPANIES SLEPT IN. 20 TO A TENT, ALL FEET TO THE MIDDLE, WITH HEADS OUTWARD.

MORE ABOUT THE AREA

MARKED GRAVE. SOME HAVE NAMES, SOME DON'T.  MANY WERE BURIED HERE ON THIS  LAND, MOST IN UNMARKED GRAVES.

FAMIOUS "DEVIL'S GATE." LANDMARK USED BY ALL WHO CAME WEST.

LOOKING DOWN THE SIDE OF MARTIN'S COVE WHERE THEY CAMPED.  ON THE OTHER SIDE (PICTURE LATER) WHERE THEY ATTEMPTED TO BURY THE DEAD, BUT REALLY ONLY FED THE WOLVES.

TWO OF 4 STATUES DEDICATED BY PRESIDENT HINKLEY HONORING THOSE WHO HELPED THE MARTIN COMPANY ACROSS THE SWEETWATER PRIOR TO ENTERING THE COVE.

ALONG THE SWEETWATER WHERE WE GIVE TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE COVE TO VISITORS.  THIS IS ALSO A SPOT WHERE BAPITISMS ARE PERFORMED.  WE HAVE HAD MANY SO FAR THIS YEAR. ANYONE CAN REQUEST AND BE BAPTIZED HERE.

THE FAMED VEIL BRIDGE BUILT BY THE RIVERTON STAKE WITH VOLUNTEER WORKERS, MADE OF DONATED RAILROAD CARS. IT REPRESENTS THE PHYSICAL RESCUE THAT TOOK PLACE HERE IN 1856, AND ALSO THE 2ND RESCUE WHEN THE RIVERTON STAKE DID ALL THE TEMPLE WORK FOR THOSE THAT DIED HERE AND THEIR ANCESTORS.

HANDCARTS ARE BORN HERE. THE WHEELS COME FROM THE AMISH BACK EAST THEN THE CARTS BUILT IN A SHOP HERE. TAKES HUNDREDS OF HANDCARTS TO OUTFIT ALL THE TREKERS.  THIS PAST WEEK, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD OVER 3,000 TREKERS.

ONE SHED THAT HOUSES SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT. AMAZING WHAT'S HERE. MANY GREAT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. WILL SHOW MORE LATER.

WOODSHOP THAT WOULD MAKE DAD ENVIOUS. ANYONE IS ALLOWED TO CAME AND MAKE THINGS, BUT USED DURING HOURS TO BUILD, REPAIR, ETC. ALL THAT GOES ON HERE.

THE VISITOR'S CENTER AREA

THE ENTRANCE TO THE VISITOR'S CENTER COMING IN FROM THE HIGHWAY. MOST OF THE BUILDING HERE ARE ORIGINAL TO THE OLD SUN RANCH.

THE ORIGINAL SUN FAMILY HOME. MADE UP OF 7 CABINS THEY BROUGHT IN AND HOOKED TOGETHER AS THEY PURCHASED OTHER RANCHES. IT SERVES AS A GREAT VISITOR'S CENTER, FEATURING THE SUN FAMILY, THE WILLEY AND MARTIN HANDCART TREKS, AND A FILM ON THE HANDCART TREKS.

BEHIND THE VISITOR'S CENTER IS THE OFFICE AND LIVING QUARTERS FOR THE DIRECTORS.

THE SWEETWATER RIVER RUNS BEHIND ALL THE BUILDINGS AND THROUGH DEVIL'S GATE AND ON THE THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER.

MORE ABOUT THE AREA

OLD ORIGINAL SUN BARN.  WHERE WE MEET OFTEN FOR TRAINING, TREKERS ARE ORIENTED, AND WHERE WE HAVE POTLUCK DINNER EVERY SUNDAY AFTER OUR MEETINGS.

ELDER STALEI FROM ST. GEORGE IN THE BLACKSMITH SHOP.  WE DO A LOT OF DEMOS FOR SCHOOL KIDS THAT COME ON TOUR.

ORIGINAL TO THE SUN RANCH, BUNKHOUSE ON THE LEFT AND WASH HOUSE ON THE RIGHT.

MUSEUM THAT HOUSES MANY PRICELESS ARTIFACTS FROM THE SUN FAMILY AND OTHERS OF THE AREA.

HUMANITARIAN BUILDING FILLED WITH SEWING MACHINES, MATERIAL, ETC. FOR WORKING IN WHEN THERE ARE FREE MOMENTS. PROJECTS GO TO SL CENTER.