My sister M and I took a last minute trip to Ogden Utah this last week. You say why the heck go to ogden? Well, my grandma's youngest sister is still alive at 81 and agreed for us to come and see what she had done with her geneology. We didn't even really know where we were going to stay. We were hoping that my Aunt D would offer a bed for us. So M and I piled in the car for a fun and wild drive. We had a blast! She makes me laugh every time im around her cause she is just funny! When we got there she had books all ready for us to look at. Wow, they were amazing! She told us stories about my grandma that I had never heard. It was neat to listen to her and view her perspective on life. The best part of it was was that she let us take her photo album home and make the copies that we wanted. So I have pictures of my ancestors clear back into the 1800's....Priceless
We left that night in search of a motel only to find out that basically every motel in ogden was packed due to a jehovah witness convention and baseball tournements. We drove around for probably an hour trying to find a place to sleep and finally we found the Ben Lomond hotel that had 3 smoking rooms left. We took it! The next day we went to the library to look up some things on microfilm. That was interesting looking at old newspapers in the 1940's and 50's. Afterwards my Aunt D took us out to lunch at the Greenery and had the famous Mormon muffin which was divine. We even had to get extra to go. The last stop was visiting the Ben Lomond Cemetary were my grandma and her sisters are buried. It was touching to learn about them and their personalities and then visit their grave. how I wish I could go back in time and get to know them. Now I am in the middle of putting together a book for my dad about his mom who died when he was 9. I cant wait until he opens it. It is going to be a lot of work but so worth it.
We left that night in search of a motel only to find out that basically every motel in ogden was packed due to a jehovah witness convention and baseball tournements. We drove around for probably an hour trying to find a place to sleep and finally we found the Ben Lomond hotel that had 3 smoking rooms left. We took it! The next day we went to the library to look up some things on microfilm. That was interesting looking at old newspapers in the 1940's and 50's. Afterwards my Aunt D took us out to lunch at the Greenery and had the famous Mormon muffin which was divine. We even had to get extra to go. The last stop was visiting the Ben Lomond Cemetary were my grandma and her sisters are buried. It was touching to learn about them and their personalities and then visit their grave. how I wish I could go back in time and get to know them. Now I am in the middle of putting together a book for my dad about his mom who died when he was 9. I cant wait until he opens it. It is going to be a lot of work but so worth it.
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