Sunday, May 22, 2011

CES Bus Tour

Joel Richards and Jeff Myservy were our tour guides on our CES bus tour. Very fun guys who shared so much knowledge.
Doug was asked to read a portion of the Ephraim Hanks story when we were at "Split Rock".
Sister Turek and I slid down the west side of Independence rock in a hurry to not be left behind. There was only three couples who were adventurous enough to climb over Independence Rock.
Notice the rabbit laying flat as a pancake trying to camouflage it's self from us intruders.
After climbing down the back side of Independence Rock, Sister Turek and I explored and climbed through a few caves. We love the Tureks. They are so fun. We met them at a MHHS reunion we both were invited to just before our mission. The Tureks are at the Cove.

If you look carefully you can see the indentation of where the wagon wheels made ruts and wore down the rocks
Notice the date scratched into the rock on the top of Independence Rock. The rock got it's name because this is the place the pioneers needed to be by Independence Day (4th of July) when traveling across the plains in order to make it to the valley before winter storms hit.

Doug is in the shank of a hand cart that is on a treadmill of sorts to assimilate the weight in a hand cart and how fast you would have to go to make good time and distance. This is at Casper Wyoming Interpretive Center.
I enjoyed a reality ride in a covered wagon. Doug is standing by a section of the original bridge that crossed the river many many years ago.

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