“Today we were up at 5:30 am. We had breakfast duty, we served left over scones, pancakes, eggs, and fruit. I drove with Grandpa Jackman to the Timpanogas Temple.
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It was fun, he grew up in this area and has a lot of fun memories of fishing for chubs and trouts at the resevior, he also talked about hiking trails and whatnot. I helped out with baptisms and confirmations for our group and another group. Mt. Tempanogas Temple is a very beautiful temple. It was wierd seeing it in person since I had attended it’s open house while at the MTC back in ’96. After that the children were dropped off at Discovery Park and several of went back to do an endowement session at the Timpanogas Temple. After the temple we went back to Discovery park, picked up the children, had a quick bite to eat, changed in a very stinky rest room, and headed off to Timpanogas Cave. The park is small and the 1.5 mile trek to the cave entrance was a bit more streneous than I thought it would be.
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The big problem was carrying AJ on my back. Denise and I switched off, but it was still tiring. Getting to the top paid off in a gorgeous view of some spectacular geological formations found in the cave along with beautiful vistas.
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On the way back down AJ was soo tired he fell alseep on my shoulders.
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We were very thirsty and stopped at a gas station for drinks. Utah might not know how to do Mexican food, but they know their ice cream. Inside a gas station in Highland, UT. I got a Rocky Road Milkshake soo thick you could of turned it upside down and you would have no fear of spilling it. It really tasted good after the 3.5 mile (round) trip in Timpanogas Park. We headed back to camp really tired.”