Rasmania 101: Summer--the last hurrah

Too much weight on the raft :)

It's amazing how quickly summer turns to fall. Nearly every year we go to Flaming Gorge for Labor Day weekend and nearly ever year, the pattern is the same. It's a little cool Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and then Bam, fall hits and it is noticeably cooler on Monday. Roy says that one year we even had snow in Dutch John on Labor Day, but I can't remember it. We were able to take the boat out on Saturday, and though it was a bit windy, we had a good day. It was a little rough for boarding and skiing, but okay for tubing. We put a little too much weight on it the first time around-- Nick, Caitlyn, Hyeji, Doyeon, Yuna, and Ori. Roy could tell it wasn't going to work, so he slowed down. As he slowed, the tube started to be pulled under in the front, so he started going again. It still didn't look quite right, so he slowed again. This time all the riders were thrown in the water. If you know Flaming Gorge at all, you know that the water is COLD. No one cried except for Ori. But none of the kids would go on a tube ride again. They did give in and play on it when it acted only as a raft.

Yuna preparing for her first tube ride. I think she had an interesting
idea of how to use the handles.

Saturday night while Nick, Dan and Jieun were getting the kids down, Caitlyn, Roy and I took our favorite walk. It was pitch black. It would have been impossible without flashlights. Even so it was a little creepy :) We had a good time, though.

Sunday it rained off and on. Some of us went to the visitors center during the rainy time, and of course, church kept us indoors for about 90 minutes. It cleared completely in the late afternoon and we had a beautiful afternoon and evening.

Monday we packed up to go home. Dan and Jieun and their family went with Roy and I on a tour of the dam. Caitlyn, Jennie and Nick and Ori headed directly home. I always thought my grandfather's company had built the dam, but in looking it up on the web could only find one connection--George Dewey Clyde was governor of the state of Utah at the time it was built. There is a picture of him looking at blueprints of the dam. I think maybe WW Clyde and Co. did build the bridge but I don't know for sure. Does anyone reading this know? What about the bridge at Lake Powell. I have always claimed that one was built by my grandpa? The internet said they built the green river bridge. This could apply to either lake. I've been on the dam tour before, but this time it was nice and cool outside, so it was very pleasant, and of course, the scenery was beautiful. The girls really enjoyed feeding the fish.

When we arrived home we had a little bit of work to do picking produce. We lost quite a few peaches because no one picked while we were gone. We still have a few to show for our labors.
They are seriously the best peaches I've ever had--except other years from the same tree.

Peaches and plus from our garden

I had a nice visit earlier in the week with Stephen Hunsaker. My first cousin (son of Vera and Ray. Vera was my dad's oldest sister). I always thought Vera and Ray were divorced, but found out that was not the case. Uncle Ray died when he was in his 60's. Two of Stephen's siblings also passed away when they were in their 60's, my cousins Connie and Duane. Duane's wife Carolyn lives about 1/2 mile from where I live in Bountiful. Stephen and his wife took me for tacos at a restaurant near his home. His wife also loves to quilt and I got a tour of her sewing room and saw several of her quilts. I told him I'd come again and bring my sisters or Roy. He said, why not both.

More pics from the weekend: