Okay, I guess I'd better get caught up! Over UEA weekend/Harvest Holiday, I took the kids up to Vernal for 5 days. For us, its about a 6 hour drive. Jason had had a long summer with the kids and not getting a lot of down time, and when it got to be too much I would say, "okay, but you get to hunt a LOT this winter, right?" and he would go on with the monotony for another few weeks. So, to make it up to him, I decided to take the kids away, (and mostly me), during the hunt because we tend to get whiny while he's off work but spending his time elsewhere shooting at things.I grew up in Vernal and moved away when I was almost 16. It was a hard move, and I had been back in 2002 to do a season of firefighting there, but I don't really think I was there enough to consider myself really THERE, to visit, anyway. The drive was beautiful! I'd forgotten that Provo Canyon is where Bridal Veil Falls are! That's where Jason 
proposed to me, and I don't think I'd been within even 30 minutes since that day! Strawberry and Daniels Pass was gorgeous! I'd driven that road a million times...especially that summer I did fire, but I don't think I appreciated it until now! Before, it was just a road to get me to and from, ya know? It was fun to see friends and see their kids and homes and just feel all grown up like we 
imagined when we were so young. The town had changed a lot, but most of my old haunts were still there, just more surrounded by buildings. I took the kids to this old park with the old gazebo that came off of the tabernacle before it was made into the temple. It brought back a lot of memories. We went to the new Utah Field History Museum (Dinosaur Museum) and it really rocked! I was so impressed! The kids LOVED it and if Jonas hadn't been such a runner, we'd have spent more time there actually READING the placards and stuff! We hung out 
with lots of friends I felt like I'd just kinda dropped when we moved in kindof a hurry. We did a lot of fun things, but what I realized is that I had never really felt like I'd had closure. I 
didn't really need closure with the town, or our home, or anything like that...I needed closure with a lot of really great friends who I left in a hurry and I was worried they thought they didn't mean anything to me. All those years and all those memories...I thought they'd all been stuck to places and activities, but they weren't. They were stuck to friends. I didn't reconnect with ALL of the major people in my memories, and I'm sure I can't, but it was nice to feel like I had a good start now that I'd realized what I really missed when I thought about Vernal. It'd taken 
me 10 years to get back, and here's to hoping it doesn't take me another ten years to get back there again! 
proposed to me, and I don't think I'd been within even 30 minutes since that day! Strawberry and Daniels Pass was gorgeous! I'd driven that road a million times...especially that summer I did fire, but I don't think I appreciated it until now! Before, it was just a road to get me to and from, ya know? It was fun to see friends and see their kids and homes and just feel all grown up like we 
imagined when we were so young. The town had changed a lot, but most of my old haunts were still there, just more surrounded by buildings. I took the kids to this old park with the old gazebo that came off of the tabernacle before it was made into the temple. It brought back a lot of memories. We went to the new Utah Field History Museum (Dinosaur Museum) and it really rocked! I was so impressed! The kids LOVED it and if Jonas hadn't been such a runner, we'd have spent more time there actually READING the placards and stuff! We hung out 
with lots of friends I felt like I'd just kinda dropped when we moved in kindof a hurry. We did a lot of fun things, but what I realized is that I had never really felt like I'd had closure. I 
didn't really need closure with the town, or our home, or anything like that...I needed closure with a lot of really great friends who I left in a hurry and I was worried they thought they didn't mean anything to me. All those years and all those memories...I thought they'd all been stuck to places and activities, but they weren't. They were stuck to friends. I didn't reconnect with ALL of the major people in my memories, and I'm sure I can't, but it was nice to feel like I had a good start now that I'd realized what I really missed when I thought about Vernal. It'd taken 
me 10 years to get back, and here's to hoping it doesn't take me another ten years to get back there again! 
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