Friday, July 25, 2025

Pioneer Yesterdays

Ogden Pioneer Days celebration never ceases to amaze me.  Gets better every year — well worth a journal entry.  Yesterday 9am I walked a half block from my apartment and watched the big parade, which included a float for myHometown Ogden.  I walked around the corner and cooled down with my daily few minutes of exercise at the new Marshall N. White Community Center track above the sports courts.  An afternoon visit to best friends at the Community Resource Center on 24th Street was relaxing.  At 6:30pm a dear friend from Belize (British) accompanied me to the annual band concert at Barker Park in North Ogden — pretty cool near the canyon road over the mountain to Liberty and Eden.

Monday 7/22/2024, a sweet cousin invited me to the world-famous rodeo in the new Pioneer Stadium by Ogden River Parkway Trail.  Elizabeth & husband had free tickets as volunteers managing concessions.  Amazing drone light show at the end.  Altogether an awesome event!

Kay & I are forever grateful for our pioneer heritage which blesses our posterity and us.  May we all exercise “faith in every footstep” … with love.