Adventure in the Desert

First off I'm so sorry I haven't posted anything recently, school is really tough this semester.  I need to find that balance of studying and staying ahead in my reading and writing papers.  Maybe that balance will be achieved this week, I probably should hope for something more realistic!

Over the weekend I was able to go to Millard County, Utah and visit some family.  It was a good break from classes, however I think I might be behind in my classes again, and I had a lot of fun!

Saturday we went out to Old Fort Desert and to the Topaz Relocation Site.  There is a reason we went to these historic places, no it is not because I am a dual major in history and geography and like to bore others with the significance of these places, one of my geography professors will give me an extra point for each site that I visit!

We went to Fort Deseret first and while we were there, my sister was speeding past to get to our aunt's house, we I jumped up and down on the side of the road waving our my arms trying and get her attention like a fool, but one of those fools who has a lot of fun, and it worked!  After she zoomed past, she stopped, turned around, and came back.

 Fort Deseret

Historic Fort Deseret

Another doorway at Fort Deseret

Me and Fort Deseret 

 Topaz

Information on Topaz

Memorial for the Japanese-Americans who served!

 Topaz

Topaz

Where the Hospital was

 Where the Main Gate was

Where the Administration was

No removing of artifacts!

This means you Gabe!

On the way back from Topaz, my cousin was driving and started to speed up while driving down this road.  I asked her, don't you have to watch out for cattle crossing the road?  She said, that on this road there were no cows.  Well that only lasted until we turned onto another road, there ahead of us were probably 20-30 cows and bulls in the middle of the road!  We had to slow down and get through the crowd, it was a little dangerous, and I was worried we might not make it through, there was one that had pretty long horns, I though that if I made eye contact we would be done for, but my cousin had the experience to keep me calm and sane while going through this ordeal, we made it through alive!  Living in a rural area has a local charm and many adventures that just are not available when you live in an urban area!

For those of you who have no idea about the dangers of driving at night in a rural area, stop reading now!  You will be worried about, concerned for, and even scared to ever try this yourself!  I warned you, continue at your own risk!

My mom and I left around 6:30 that evening for our drive back to Salt Lake.  Dusk was already upon us by the time we turned onto US Route 6.  We had turned at Lynndyl to take US State Route 132 to Nephi (this route gets you to Interstate 15, instead of taking US Route 6 to Eureka and then along US State Route 68 which is along the west side of Utah Lake), and were driving along and in the growing darkness.  You need to realize that there are very few lights along the road to light up the surrounding area, you only have your headlights to rely on!  I am not making up these town names, look at a map of Utah if you don't believe me!

All of a sudden we saw three deer crossing the road, one was in the middle while the other two were in front and behind the deer that was in the middle of the road.  I screamed "Deer!" at the same moment my mom saw them and slammed on the breaks.  Don't worry, the deer made it out just fine!  No deer, humans, or cars were harmed in this event!  However this event probably shaved a few months off of my life caused my heart to pound for the next 25 minutes!

When we finally arrived in the city of Nephi, the road to the entrance to the Interstate in the middle of the town was blocked for an emergency of some type and we had to travel through the city to the southern entrance to the Interstate.  All continued fine until we realized that the big game was being held that evening in Provo!  We were frantically searching for any radio station that could tell us if the game was still on or if we were going to have to deal with the traffic trying to get home!

Luckily for us, the game was still on.  The game refers to Brigham Young University vs University of Utah.  I don't really understand this big football rivalry, but if any of you do, you are smarter than I am.  We made it home and then I went straight to sleep because I was too tired to do anything else!

~Adventures in Anything & Everything