We have had some surprise visitors lately and we've enjoyed showing them the sites here.

 Mark & Carolyn Baird, Paul & Pilar Baird got to see the lower & upper monuments on Rocky Ridge with us.

Elder & Sister Baker, Paul & Pilar Baird, & Carolyn Baird.  Mark & Carolyn served a mission at Martin's Cove in 2006 & 2007.

                        
                                                     Cousins:  Mark, Phil, & Paul

                        Elder & Sister Baker by upper monument on Rocky Ridge.

                     Elder Baker got to portray Brigham Young for one of the youth groups.

Look who else surprised us!  Wylene Ika, Peggy Cappo, Glen & Laurel Jensen with 2 granddaughters, Ruby & Heather.  We sure enjoyed seeing them for a bit; so glad they made the effort to stop in.

Our most recent visitors came from Minnesota:  Randy & Torie Baker and sons Spencer & Ethan.

                                      We're thrilled when friends & family stop in to see us!

On our P-Day, July 6, we did some more exploring & Elders Baker & Peterson were sure they                                                   had found the bones of some long lost critters.

              I was amazed at the tiny wild flowers growing in the wilderness of Wyoming.

 We drove the road from Louis Lake down into The Sinks and found some beautiful forested area.  Notice the Wind River Mountains in the far distance.

                      Along the way were some huge piles of boulders.  How's that for a rocky ridge?

                    This pond was full of lily pads growing yellow flowers.  Neat place.
The drive on this Louis Lake Road reminded us so much of the area around Big John Flat; lots of pine trees, mountains, and camping groups all along the way.   There is a lot of variety in the landscape of Wyoming and we're trying to check it all out.

Wow, here it is July already.  Hard to believe that it's been a month since our family was here for a visit.  We had a special fireside at Martin's Cove where we got to meet Pres. & Sister Anderson, our mission president over the Rapid City, South Dakota Mission.

 We also had some more family surprise us with a nice visit so we were happy to show them around Sixth Crossing.  Thanks for stopping in to see us!

 Elder Baker, Karen, Paula, Jeremiah, & Joe

 We had the privilege of serving last week, June 23 - 30, 2014 at Rock Creek Hollow where we greeted all visitors & told them the importance of RCH to the Willie Handcart Company.  It's a very sacred place with the grave memorial of 15 pioneers who are buried there.         

On Friday night, we had 3 different youth groups there with about 700 people camping over.

 Totally organized chaos for a while, but Elder Baker handled it all in stride.  It really surprised us how readily all the youth get settled into their camps and the next morning how quickly they all disappear - almost without a trace of them having been there.

We experienced a tender mercy when we met up with Robyn & Augustine's daughter, Celestine,  who was found among the 400+ of her stake.  What was the chance of us being here at the same time she was & meeting up with her.  That was fun!

On Monday, June 30, our week at Rock Creek Hollow was over and we said good-bye to Meiers who get to finish out their week.

We are really enjoying our experiences here and seeing all the youth groups come to learn about the handcart pioneers.  Testimonies are growing and we are being strengthened.