Day 3-Sunday July 4
Happy Independence Day! Visited
Rebecca Winters' grave in Scottsbluff, NE. I hadn’t seen it since they had moved it, and the kids had never seen it. It was amazing. I got very emotional, as I do any time I hear pioneer stories where they suffered.
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| Historical Marker |
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| Descendants of Rebecca |
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| Mattie |
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| Bridger |
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| Sumner |
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| Halie |
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| Tyler |
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| Annie and Lander |
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| Lincoln Heights Elementary School |
Went to Sacrament meeting at the Scottsbluff Ward. Due to 35 years worth of changes to ward boundaries Rex didn’t know any one there. He really enjoyed seeing where he had gone to church as a child, and shared his testimony about being baptized in that building. He had a great time touring the town and pointing out places of interest to the kids. We drove by his grade school, his old house, and some of his friends' houses.
Drove to South Dakota. It was a long drive that seemed to take forever. We tried to see the Wild Horse sanctuary, but didn’t want to get on the school bus and take the tour. Halie was very sad to not see the wild horses, but we did get to see some Bantam chickens and some horses in a pen.
We finally arrived in South Dakota. We decided to stay in Custer, SD because it was late, and it was close to both Crazy Horse Memorial and Mt Rushmore. We tried several hotels, but found no vacancies. Finally, we found a little motel that had 2 units next door to each other. Kind of a little dive, no hot water, but clean. We got to watch fireworks on the front lawn.
1 comment:
That's so cool that you were able to go to Rebecca's monument-And the girls look like they liked it :)
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