Tonight we drove over to Zion's Camp and everyone was meeting to decide what to do over shutdown. There are many plans but nothing definite yet.

Sunday we attended Church in Palmyra, did our home teaching and actually saw three of our families. Later that afternoon we invited the FM missionaries for dinner. We have the Deckers on the left, they are from Apple Valley; The Judys from Idaho Falls, and the Youngs from West Jordan. The Youngs do a lot of wood work and have given us a beautiful clock wood cutting of the first vision and a beautiful pen set made from walnut from the Hill Cumorah. We have all been here over the last 15 months.

A relaxing Sunday afternoon with Elder Young on the front porch.

Sister Rogerson has been a site missionary and is going home this Wednesday. She is a wonderful missionary and we have had her to dinner several times and been on many of her site tours. She is returning to BYU for graduate studies. She lives in Sandy, UT.

Thursday we had a special treat. Brother & Sister Hughes, who live in Ithica home of Cornell University, invited the Saturday morning missionaries to their home for dinner. They were our Saturday morning shift coordinators for the last 15 months.

The Pestanas, Gehrigs, Crookstons, Archibalds Simons and us.

We had a great trip down with the Pestanas and stopped at McKenzie-Child factory and home. The home was purchased in 1980's and decorated it with their ceramic and furniture. It was a farmhouse built in the late 1800's and was a dairy farm. It is decorated so lovely. They wouldn't let us take any pictures inside the house . It is all hand made and painted and very expensive.

This view overlooks the Cayuga Lake

Below is a piece of the work they sell. They make pottery, dishes, furniture, and draperies.

After dinner at the Hughes they took us through campus and to some of the beautiful waterfalls and gorges they have around the lake and in Ithica. It's rather hilly but very beautiful place.

This is the gorge several of us walked down. It is as beautiful as Watkins Glen. The layers of slate are incredible. Makes you want to study geology. (Tyler I got you a piece of slate).

This is an old mill which is at the mouth of the gorge.

We have been getting a lot of our family files completed this week. We have sent some home for the kids to do and they are doing a great job on getting them done. Palmyra should be changing to the new system by the end of August.