Meet Hilda

Lola is on a health retreat currently, until we can find a different battery for her. Shet no longer wants to recharge.  We are slowly adjusting to Hilda, who seems to be a bit strong in personality.  We're adaptable though, and have learned to look beyond her abrasiveness.  And, we really do appreciate her help in navigating on our little jaunts.

Snake River Gorge

Shoshone Falls, Idaho

Shoshone Falls is a waterfall on the Snake River located approximately five miles east of Twin Falls, Idaho. Sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," Shoshone Falls is 212 feet  high—45 feet higher than Niagara Falls—and flows over a rim 1,000 feet wide.  Beautiful!

Glacier National Park

I could give you all sorts of informations about the park, but really, the pictures tell it all.  It is one of the most amazing places I've ever been, with lots of trails for every difficultly level for hiking.  A shuttle can take you over the top to avoid having to drive in the traffic.  In fact, if you're in an RV, you aren't allowed to drive it.  I ate the most amazing huckleberry cobbler in my life at one of the little restaurants. That alone is worth going back for!

This Is the Place Heritage Park

 

 

 

 

The West...just as it was. Step back in time with a visit to This Is The Place Heritage Park, Utah's premier living history attraction. There is plenty to see and do, and we had loads of fun!

Summum

 

 

 

 

 

What in the world does that quote mean anyway?  Who cares?  I hesitate to give this much space for something so bizzare... but I'm equal opportunity.  This is the sanctuary and world headquarters of the Summum religion and philosophy. It uses some less than chaste practices as a means to spiritual ecstasy, as well as drinking alcoholic nectars before meditating, and mummifying pets and humans after death.  It was founded by Claude Nowell.  While meditating one night he says he heard an intense, high-frequency and opened his eyes to discover "Summa individuals" who began to plant information into his head.  These beings began appearing to him regularly during his meditations, teaching him concepts on which he based his new religion.  He changed his name to Summum Bonum Amen Corky Ra.  Followers claim to have seen him cry tears of blood, turn a blue sky into a rainstorm, and light a candle just by looking at it.  He has the right to believe anything he wants- this is America after all.  But I must admit that I wonder what is in that nectar he drinks, and truthfully, he sounds scary enough I wouldn't really want to meet up with him!

Gilgal Garden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This garden is hidden in a residential block in downtown Salt Lake City.  The garden was originally a backyard obsession of Thomas B. Child, Jr., a stonemason with no formal art training.  He was a devout Mormon who built this as a monument to his religious beliefs.  The garden features twelve original sculptures arranged in a rough circle.  There are more than seventy stones inscribed with poems and scriptures.  Gilgal is named for a biblical settlement along the River Jordan, and means "circle of stones."  It is well worth the hunt to find it, and we loved wandering through the garden, reading the many inscriptions.