I had a great, long, weekend. Just got home tonight and I feel like tomorrow should be Monday, since we generally come home on Sunday evening. I love the farm. I love Duchesne. There, I said it. I love Duchesne! And its quiet peaceful evenings. I love listening to the sprinklers of all the farm equipment as they hit the barn and swing back out. It's comforting somehow. I like being so close to the lake in the summer and close to hiking/four wheeling.
As you may remember from previous years, we always try to go and find something different and fun to do in Duchesne. This time we went to Nine Mile Canyon. We spent 4+ hours driving there (it is a slow dirt road) and can't wait to go back! We are planning a camping trip where we can spend more time hiking up the little canyons to see the petroglyphs and pictographs left by Ute and Fremont Indians. The Pioneer history and the Indian history in this area is amazing.
Monday, of course, we spent at the cemetary. And it is fun to take to the old folks in town and here the stories.... one in particular y'all might enjoy, now try to keep up... Luke's Great Grandpa Wilson's brother married the daughter of Sundance Kid! Isn't that funny? Last year, he was dug up for the THIRD time to try to identify his DNA and it has been confirmed. He is buried two plots away from Luke's grandparents. And, 'Aunt Connie' said, "Well, as a child, we all knew he was an outlaw. We didn't ask what kind and it was just not talked about." Then, they find out it was Sundance Kid. He settled down in Duchesne under the name of William Long. Check it out if you are ever there!
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Me too! I love it and miss it.
Couldn't have said it better myself. I would have loved to come out this past weekend, but with two other trips planned to the farm this month, we decided to go camping as a family instead.
So I have a question - I thought that they said that he wasn't the Sundance Kid. I remember talking about it last year when we were out at the grave and I thought I heard a couple weeks later on the news that they had decided that wasn't him. I could be totally wrong and probably am. Oh'well. Guess I need to look that one up. Glad to hear that you guys all had a great time!
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