Martin's Cove Site

Aug 31Today we are on Work Crew and I am finishing up the water truck and making some welding/press helps. After we are done with that we will be on our way to Mt. Rushmore.
We left about 11:30 AM to make a stop in Casper for lunch. We were relying on our Tom-Tom to find us the shortest route and we got to Rapid City, SD in about 5.5 hours. Our accomodations at Ellsworth AFB were very nice and our sleep was very restful and quiet. I tried out the barber shop at the Base Exchange because I was feeling like a mountain man and the barberette took off quite a bit of my locks. It must have been not too much because no-one at Church this morning made any remarks about having received a haircut.
We checked out of the hotel and made our way to see Mt Rushmore. There seemed to be an awful lot of people there. Parking at the site is $11.00 and that is under cover. There are no other charges to see the presidents. Mr. Borglum did an outstanding job and the faces should stay there until nature takes over and the rock wears away.
From there we went to see how the Crazy Horse statue is coming. The head seems to be completed, but there is yet much to do before that can be called finished.
Then our Tom-Tom took us through Custer and finally back through Casper and home to Muddy Gap. We arrived back here 9:45 PM and sleep sounded so good. Our motorhome felt like home. This is the first of September.
Sep 2, 2012We had a full house during our three hour block meetings. Lot of visitors for the three day holiday. Our Fast and Testimony meeting went way over time, but that is alright because this is the last time for our second year missionaries. They will be leaving in three weeks for their home and some of them will return in October to spend the winter here. They are called Polar Bears.
Tomorrow we will start our preparation to train Trek Leaders for next year. That will start this coming Friday. Stake and Wards will send their leaders here for a weekend of training and then they will prepare the Trek-ers in their units for next year.
Today was a beautiful cool day. The nights are starting to be cool and the morning cool air is so refreshing.