We were invited to Scofield to experience the 4th of July celebration in the little town of Scofield. We left late Friday night and arrived at the cabin about midnight. It takes about one and a half hours to get to the cabin from Salt Lake. Judy and Ron and Neal and I had been invited to a bridge party at some friends so left as soon as the game ended. That is why we got there so late.
Saturday morning we drove into the little town of Scofield and lined up with thousands of people to watch this little and I mean little home town parade. It was so fun. Every single float and truck and car decorated for the parade through candy as they drove the parade route. Here are some pictures to give you a flavor of the little parade.
Neal bought 4 tickets for the Duck Contest. The Kiwanis Club sells tickets for $5.00 for each duck. They number the plastic ducks, load them up and go to the top of the river and dump all in at once. They give a prize for the first, second and third place duck. I think it was a $1,000 for the winning duck. Very fun. That is why I had to take a picture of Neal with the duck.
Yes, Tucker, I had to stand by this Utah dinning fly. This was all of Judy's brothers family. I didn't stand under it, just off to the side :-)
This was the only band they had and it was a very, very small little band but their hearts were in it.
Bag pipers from Salt Lake. They were great.
Had to get a picture of the local fire department.
After the parade we wandered around all the booths at the park. Kind of like a very, very small Swiss Days. Judy and I stopped at the lipstick booth and ended up buying lipstick that stays on your lips all day. Yup, it really works. And, yes, we had to take a picture of Judy by the sign, Never Trust a Skinny Cook! Judy is a gourmet cook.
Judy getting her lipstick on.
The next day was Sunday and we went to Sacrament Meeting. There were over 600 people at the little church that Sunday. Nice to see that people go to church even when they are on vacation. After church we went back to the cabin, changed and Judy wanted to do some Dutch oven cooking for our dinner. We had stuffed pork chops, spare ribs, potatoes and chocolate cherry cake. All done in the Dutch ovens. It was a delicious dinner! Ron fixed up a place to cook that was not right on the ground. And he put up an umbrella to it wouldn't get so hot. Very clever.
We walked to the top of the hill behind the cabin so that we could get and make some phone calls and do some texting. No service at the cabin so we walk up the hill.
Top of the hill looking out over the reservoir. It is a beautiful little lake.
Neal and I left Monday night the 3rd so that we could be ready to go up to Midway on the 4th for out annual family celebration and to play bingo and watch the fireworks! More pictures of the 4th on my next blog. Happy 4th of July everyone!!!
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