Saturday, August 14, 2010
cont. 2010 summer, what a bummer
I forgot, we also went to alaska for a week...great place, would have moved there if I was 40 years younger...loved it...
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Trip to Florida
Last week, Dot and I went to Fort Myers, Florida to attend the memorial for a departed dear friend and "little brother" Cliff Hoxsey. We left SGU on a Thursday, and traveled to SLC and then caught the flight out of there. We travel stand by, and let me tell you, it was a nightmare all the way. We rode the "bubble" both ways going and coming home. Riding the "bubble" is to say that we were the last two people who was to board the airplane.
The memorial for Cliff was done very good, and I'm sure that Cliff would have been pleased with the way that it was handled. They gave, anyone who wanted, a chance to speak, so I stood and said a few words about Cliff and me as we were buddies in the Navy, and served three years together, sharing an apartment on the beach, and serving on three different Submarines.
The Hoxsey family is so great, and they did such a great job with the service, that I cant say enough about their strength and unity.
Some strange parallel things about Cliff and myself is quite interesting. He was only 17 when I first met him, in Company 876 in the Navy Boot camp in San Diego, California, and then we were apart for a year as I attended Navy schools on the East Coast, and then was shipped to Hawaii where I went aboard the USS Queenfish SS393 Submarine. Cliff and Harold Newman were the first two to welcome me aboard, and we were friends from that time on.
Dot and I were married on April 6, 1956, and Cliff and Frankie were married on April 6, 1957. Strange as it may seem, I had three daughters, and Cliff had three daughters, I have 9 grand kids, and Cliff has 9 grandkids, I have three grandsons, and six grandaughters, and cliff has three grandsons, and six grandaughters I had a boat shop, and Cliff had a boat shop, I flew airplanes, and Cliff flew airplanes, I gained weight, and Cliff gained weight ;o) All kidding aside, I loved him as my "little brother" and I will miss him very much.
The memorial for Cliff was done very good, and I'm sure that Cliff would have been pleased with the way that it was handled. They gave, anyone who wanted, a chance to speak, so I stood and said a few words about Cliff and me as we were buddies in the Navy, and served three years together, sharing an apartment on the beach, and serving on three different Submarines.
The Hoxsey family is so great, and they did such a great job with the service, that I cant say enough about their strength and unity.
Some strange parallel things about Cliff and myself is quite interesting. He was only 17 when I first met him, in Company 876 in the Navy Boot camp in San Diego, California, and then we were apart for a year as I attended Navy schools on the East Coast, and then was shipped to Hawaii where I went aboard the USS Queenfish SS393 Submarine. Cliff and Harold Newman were the first two to welcome me aboard, and we were friends from that time on.
Dot and I were married on April 6, 1956, and Cliff and Frankie were married on April 6, 1957. Strange as it may seem, I had three daughters, and Cliff had three daughters, I have 9 grand kids, and Cliff has 9 grandkids, I have three grandsons, and six grandaughters, and cliff has three grandsons, and six grandaughters I had a boat shop, and Cliff had a boat shop, I flew airplanes, and Cliff flew airplanes, I gained weight, and Cliff gained weight ;o) All kidding aside, I loved him as my "little brother" and I will miss him very much.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Information Re: My Grandpa Huntington
I was thinking the other day about an interview that I had several years ago concerning my Grandpa Huntington, my dads dad. I was talking to an old gentleman from Hurricane, and he told me this story.
" While I was working at Lees ferry, I remember your Grandpa Clark Allen, and as I was a young man, I was to take the skiff over the river and bring back people or things that needed to be transported across the Colorado River at the Lees ferry.
One day, we were hailed by a person leading a Donkey and said that he wanted to be ferried across the river. I went over there to get him, and as there wasn't room in the skiff to put the donkey, we tied it to the back of the boat and started to cross the river. The reason that I remember it so plain, is that as we started to cross the river, the donkey would swim, but then I guess that it found out that it didn't have to swim, and so it laid on its side and we pulled it across the river".
"As the evening progressed, I remember that we were to have supper, and ask the stranger to join us, and he accepted. As the supper progressed, he was asked what he was doing in the area, and his reply was that he wanted to find his father, and shoot a few of the old Mormons off the fence where they were setting and making their wives work the fields. When he was ask the name of his father, he told them that it was Clark Allen Huntington, and he was setting at the same table as his father".
I Talked with this old fellow for quite a while and found him to be quite a fun person to talk to, and he also added that when he told them of his fathers name, that Clark Allen was shocked to see his son after so many years, but had not recognized him until that time.
The rest of the story about Grandpa A W (Dimick) Huntington is included in the family history as written by my wonderful sister Beth, without her, a lot of the history of our family would not be known. I doubt that I have ever told her about this story of talking with a person who was at the Ferry at the time that Grandpa Dimick and Great Grandpa Clark Allen met at Lees Ferry.
I thought it necessary to include this story in a blog for everyone to see and copy for it is an interview with an eye witness to the event.
Keep in touch and keep the blogs coming....................Lonehawk
" While I was working at Lees ferry, I remember your Grandpa Clark Allen, and as I was a young man, I was to take the skiff over the river and bring back people or things that needed to be transported across the Colorado River at the Lees ferry.
One day, we were hailed by a person leading a Donkey and said that he wanted to be ferried across the river. I went over there to get him, and as there wasn't room in the skiff to put the donkey, we tied it to the back of the boat and started to cross the river. The reason that I remember it so plain, is that as we started to cross the river, the donkey would swim, but then I guess that it found out that it didn't have to swim, and so it laid on its side and we pulled it across the river".
"As the evening progressed, I remember that we were to have supper, and ask the stranger to join us, and he accepted. As the supper progressed, he was asked what he was doing in the area, and his reply was that he wanted to find his father, and shoot a few of the old Mormons off the fence where they were setting and making their wives work the fields. When he was ask the name of his father, he told them that it was Clark Allen Huntington, and he was setting at the same table as his father".
I Talked with this old fellow for quite a while and found him to be quite a fun person to talk to, and he also added that when he told them of his fathers name, that Clark Allen was shocked to see his son after so many years, but had not recognized him until that time.
The rest of the story about Grandpa A W (Dimick) Huntington is included in the family history as written by my wonderful sister Beth, without her, a lot of the history of our family would not be known. I doubt that I have ever told her about this story of talking with a person who was at the Ferry at the time that Grandpa Dimick and Great Grandpa Clark Allen met at Lees Ferry.
I thought it necessary to include this story in a blog for everyone to see and copy for it is an interview with an eye witness to the event.
Keep in touch and keep the blogs coming....................Lonehawk
Thursday, February 25, 2010
caught a little fox, put it in a box
Well, I finally caught another fox, it was a tough task, as the little devils are so smart and dumb at the same time. I kept baiting the trap with all kinds of goodies, and finally the small one took the bate. there is another one out there, but I think it is the mother one, and is a little more cautious than the smaller ones.
One of my little lambs was stepped on by one of the bigger animals, and broke its hind leg just below the knee. I think that it will heal, as the lamb is so young and growing quite fast. I thought about putting a wrap bandage on the leg, but it is growing so fast, I think that it might cut off the circulation and do more harm than good.
We had tickets to go to the wave again today, but the weather has been so wet that they canceled us out, and will reschedule us at some later date. (I hope).
Things are sure starting to green up in this area, I have green grass growing in the pasture, and the trees are starting to bud out, so it wont be long before we have the hot weather to contend with.
I still have not been able to get the poles up due to the muddy area that they have to be placed, so I am still on 2 meters until then. I cant hardly wait to be able to get on the upper bands and see about DXing a bit more. We have a network here that stretches from Las Vegas to north of CDC,and is tied into several transmitters, neat and works real good.
I was talking to another ham, and found out the band used for the Haiti disaster is 14.300 just to listen only, but it has been quite busy and they don't want any transmissions unless ask for.
The above paragraph if for Lloyd and was quite dull for the rest of you, sorry.......
I was watching the TV, and they said that the so. Utah has about 230%of our regular moisture, I bet that it will make the old Sevier river go to food stage this spring, hope it don't take the bridge out like it has in the past.
Classic Country has been real busy this past month, we have played for 13 gigs, and have one more to play for, don't mind it too much as long as I get paid for having fun.....
Have been working on my old tractor, and have it running great, and the power steering works wonders, and now I am working on the hydraulics to see if I can stop the oil leakage and get more lifting power, will let ya all know.
Hey, Keep in touch and keep the blogs coming, Love them............Love to all........Lonehawk
One of my little lambs was stepped on by one of the bigger animals, and broke its hind leg just below the knee. I think that it will heal, as the lamb is so young and growing quite fast. I thought about putting a wrap bandage on the leg, but it is growing so fast, I think that it might cut off the circulation and do more harm than good.
We had tickets to go to the wave again today, but the weather has been so wet that they canceled us out, and will reschedule us at some later date. (I hope).
Things are sure starting to green up in this area, I have green grass growing in the pasture, and the trees are starting to bud out, so it wont be long before we have the hot weather to contend with.
I still have not been able to get the poles up due to the muddy area that they have to be placed, so I am still on 2 meters until then. I cant hardly wait to be able to get on the upper bands and see about DXing a bit more. We have a network here that stretches from Las Vegas to north of CDC,and is tied into several transmitters, neat and works real good.
I was talking to another ham, and found out the band used for the Haiti disaster is 14.300 just to listen only, but it has been quite busy and they don't want any transmissions unless ask for.
The above paragraph if for Lloyd and was quite dull for the rest of you, sorry.......
I was watching the TV, and they said that the so. Utah has about 230%of our regular moisture, I bet that it will make the old Sevier river go to food stage this spring, hope it don't take the bridge out like it has in the past.
Classic Country has been real busy this past month, we have played for 13 gigs, and have one more to play for, don't mind it too much as long as I get paid for having fun.....
Have been working on my old tractor, and have it running great, and the power steering works wonders, and now I am working on the hydraulics to see if I can stop the oil leakage and get more lifting power, will let ya all know.
Hey, Keep in touch and keep the blogs coming, Love them............Love to all........Lonehawk
Sunday, January 31, 2010
End of January
I have trapped this fox today here in my back yard, it is a bit ticked off, but it will make a great mounted fox as soon as I can get it to Jessie and Rob in SLC, he is a taxidermist, and will skin it and mount it. I have another one that I am hoping to trap in the next few days. These little devil's are so tricky, it took a long time and some real deep thinking on how to trap them and keep them in the trap. Seems as tho, they would go into the trap and then they would get out some way, so I devised a method of not allowing them to open the trap door.Things are starting to green up here in Dixie, we have had so much rain the past week to ten days, and more is expected in the coming week, we sure needed this moisture.
We are getting ready to take Tinas horse up to northern Idaho, and are having a time trying to get a horse trailer that would make the trip all right without having to put $500 worth of tires on it before we even start.
Keep in touch and keep the blogs coming..........Love to all..........Lonehawk
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Christmas time again
It has been a month since I last wrote anything in my blog, so I decided that it was time that I got on the stick and wrote something.
I guess, at this time of year, that a person should reflect on the past Christmas times of ones life, so, as I reflect on the Christmases past, I remember that the Ward in Hatch would practice the Handles Messiah cantata and we would rehearse it for a good month before Christmas just to make sure that we got our parts right.
We would sing it in Hatch, then Alton, then in Orderville, then Glendale, and then go over to Tropic and sing then to Panguitch and do the same thing over again. I remember what satisfaction that I got when we were performing and then at the end what a good feeling that we all got as the people would gather around and talk to us about our dedication.
It seems as tho every Christmas, there would be snow on the ground, and I remember the first Christmas that we didn't have snow, and it seemed so strange that there wasn't any snow for the Christmas season. I do remember that one Christmas night that there wasn't any snow, and when we woke up in the morning there was about two feet of new snow.
I never had enough money to buy a pair of skies, so I made my own. I remember researching the information and then making my own skies. It was quite a trick to plane down the end of the board, and then to soak it and make the bend in the skies. Didn't have bindings, so make a strap over the shoes, and a small wooden strip under the heal of the shoe so that the shoe would stay in the strap. Wasn't the best in the world, but I had a blast making it and another blast going down the slope at Big Hill.
We boys in town would all go to the east side of the river and skate on the frozen Meadows there, you could skate for a couple of miles down the river area and sometimes you could even skate on the river its self, but that was always a bit scary in that one never knew how thin the ice was on the river. I was skating onetime, and thought that I could make it to the bank over some thin Ice, and broke Thur and had to take my clothes off and ring them out and then wear wet clothes all the way home, sure remember how cold it was, but didn't even get the sniffles from it.
I have written about my most memorable Christmas before, so I wont go there, but I will tell you all about another one. It was about 1948 when we had a very bad winter, and the snow was really deep and no one could go anywhere with their cars, except Dad. He had an old Model A pickup and he would take some coals out of the heater in the house, and put them under the engine, and after a while, he would go out and the old truck would start every time. Then he would go to Sam Riggs and start his tractor by pulling it, and then they would go around town starting all the others that wanted their cars started. I remember that he would get his sleigh bells and go around the town about 10 or 11 at night and ring the bells and then sneak off without anyone seeing him, it was a special time, and I have wondered where his old sleigh bells are now, I haven't seen or heard them for years.
When I was growing up, my bedroom was where the New bathroom is now, and the eves of the house were now finished, and my bed had a tarpaulin over it to keep the snow off the bed, and I would sleep there snug and warm (too many quilts to even turn over) but I was warm and those several years, I never even had a cold all year, now with all the warm homes, we are always having colds and sniffles.
Well, enough of reminiscing about the cold and snowy times in Hatch, so I want to wish you all a very merry Christmas, and a delightful New Year.........Keep in touch and keep the blogs coming.............Lonehawk
I guess, at this time of year, that a person should reflect on the past Christmas times of ones life, so, as I reflect on the Christmases past, I remember that the Ward in Hatch would practice the Handles Messiah cantata and we would rehearse it for a good month before Christmas just to make sure that we got our parts right.
We would sing it in Hatch, then Alton, then in Orderville, then Glendale, and then go over to Tropic and sing then to Panguitch and do the same thing over again. I remember what satisfaction that I got when we were performing and then at the end what a good feeling that we all got as the people would gather around and talk to us about our dedication.
It seems as tho every Christmas, there would be snow on the ground, and I remember the first Christmas that we didn't have snow, and it seemed so strange that there wasn't any snow for the Christmas season. I do remember that one Christmas night that there wasn't any snow, and when we woke up in the morning there was about two feet of new snow.
I never had enough money to buy a pair of skies, so I made my own. I remember researching the information and then making my own skies. It was quite a trick to plane down the end of the board, and then to soak it and make the bend in the skies. Didn't have bindings, so make a strap over the shoes, and a small wooden strip under the heal of the shoe so that the shoe would stay in the strap. Wasn't the best in the world, but I had a blast making it and another blast going down the slope at Big Hill.
We boys in town would all go to the east side of the river and skate on the frozen Meadows there, you could skate for a couple of miles down the river area and sometimes you could even skate on the river its self, but that was always a bit scary in that one never knew how thin the ice was on the river. I was skating onetime, and thought that I could make it to the bank over some thin Ice, and broke Thur and had to take my clothes off and ring them out and then wear wet clothes all the way home, sure remember how cold it was, but didn't even get the sniffles from it.
I have written about my most memorable Christmas before, so I wont go there, but I will tell you all about another one. It was about 1948 when we had a very bad winter, and the snow was really deep and no one could go anywhere with their cars, except Dad. He had an old Model A pickup and he would take some coals out of the heater in the house, and put them under the engine, and after a while, he would go out and the old truck would start every time. Then he would go to Sam Riggs and start his tractor by pulling it, and then they would go around town starting all the others that wanted their cars started. I remember that he would get his sleigh bells and go around the town about 10 or 11 at night and ring the bells and then sneak off without anyone seeing him, it was a special time, and I have wondered where his old sleigh bells are now, I haven't seen or heard them for years.
When I was growing up, my bedroom was where the New bathroom is now, and the eves of the house were now finished, and my bed had a tarpaulin over it to keep the snow off the bed, and I would sleep there snug and warm (too many quilts to even turn over) but I was warm and those several years, I never even had a cold all year, now with all the warm homes, we are always having colds and sniffles.
Well, enough of reminiscing about the cold and snowy times in Hatch, so I want to wish you all a very merry Christmas, and a delightful New Year.........Keep in touch and keep the blogs coming.............Lonehawk
Monday, November 2, 2009
Update no. 3
I talked with Ileta today, and Pat isn't doing very good, so here is the latest from her:
Due to his esophagus being worked on, he is being fed intravenous, and he has tubes for drains from his left kidney area, and from his right kidney where they removed the sists, and he has a tube down his throat so he can breathe.
Well, he had a clot hit his heart, and they had a code blue on him for a while, rushed him to the ER and restated his heart. Then he is comatose, but managed to pull the breathing tube from his throat, and almost suffocated because he couldn't breathe, on top of this, he has pneumonia and isn't in very good shape. He also is running a high fever, and they are only giving a 50/50 on him right now, but the Dr. said that he is a fighter, and they think that he will pull thru.
More problems also, his blood pressure is very low, and they are trying to bring that up to help with all the other things. His only kidney isn't working very well, so they are going to put him on dialysis to see if that might help him recover some of the other problems.
Ileta said that they are moving into the "half way house" and the cost will be only $25.00 per day, and that will help a lot on the expenses. Melody is here with her, and that is good for her right now.
Please keep Pat and his family in your prayers, as of right now that is about all we can do......
Keep in touch and I will try to keep you up on what is happening as soon as I get the word....
Sending love and all that stuff.......................Lonehawk
Due to his esophagus being worked on, he is being fed intravenous, and he has tubes for drains from his left kidney area, and from his right kidney where they removed the sists, and he has a tube down his throat so he can breathe.
Well, he had a clot hit his heart, and they had a code blue on him for a while, rushed him to the ER and restated his heart. Then he is comatose, but managed to pull the breathing tube from his throat, and almost suffocated because he couldn't breathe, on top of this, he has pneumonia and isn't in very good shape. He also is running a high fever, and they are only giving a 50/50 on him right now, but the Dr. said that he is a fighter, and they think that he will pull thru.
More problems also, his blood pressure is very low, and they are trying to bring that up to help with all the other things. His only kidney isn't working very well, so they are going to put him on dialysis to see if that might help him recover some of the other problems.
Ileta said that they are moving into the "half way house" and the cost will be only $25.00 per day, and that will help a lot on the expenses. Melody is here with her, and that is good for her right now.
Please keep Pat and his family in your prayers, as of right now that is about all we can do......
Keep in touch and I will try to keep you up on what is happening as soon as I get the word....
Sending love and all that stuff.......................Lonehawk
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