2plus5clan: 1st week of Sept

Chance "Arrow of Light"

On Wednesday September 2nd Chance and two other boys were awarded their Webelos Badges and their Arrow of Light awards. These are the highest award each young man can earn in Cub Scouts. We are very proud of him especially his mom. Scouting is never easy, if it was everyone would get their Eagle Scout Award! Now he has started on the path to earn his Eagle! Chance loves camping and being in the woods! Amazing how they grow up so fast! Of course he is a "Good Looking kid!" Girls better watch out when he gets older.

Chance with his "Arrow of Light" plaque

Golden Spike

Ok, remember where the first two major Railroads met in Utah! History folks, History! It's where they drove the Golden and Silver Spikes to join the first ever continental railroad. It's about 50 minutes away and it's historical! So I decided to take the kids there on Labor Day! The name is Promontory Summit not Point. Promontory Point has been used in history books for years but they were wrong. The point is south of the summit which is way out in the boonies! Of course back then it was all out in the boonies! Apparently the surveyors of the two railroads actually passed each other by many miles before they figures out where each one was. All in all it was a bit of history that the Grandkids can now say they has seen with their own eyes.

Promontory Summit

Sara and Kids at Golden Spike!

At the Lake!

Sara and I discovered that just 20 minutes north of us is a reservoir/lake that is huge! On Google Earth it looks like part of the great Salt Lake until you zoom in. It's called Willard Bay and it's fed by water from the mountains or so I've been told. There were alot of boats and Wave Runner of all types. 3 beaches with lots of picnic areas. Granted the sand wasn't the finest (a bit rocky) but nice place to take the family and it's close by!