My parents and Taryn and David came to spend the night with us on Sunday, September 4. Rachel thinks that Grandma and Grandpa come just to read her books.
Mom, Gabe, and Elijah:
Aaron, Elijah, Gabe, Mom, Rachel, & Michael:
On Monday, we went to Camp Floyd. They were doing Camp Floyd Days, which involved some re-enactments and fun activities. It's been on my Summer Bucket-list and my "Let's Go See Utah" list. Camp Floyd was a military fort in Utah back in the mid 1800s. It was started when Johnston's Army came to Utah to deal with the so-called "Mormon Problem". At it's greatest, it held one of the largest concentration of Army troops in the U.S. It was basically abandoned when all the troops were called back east to help fight the Civil War, so everything is from that time period.
The first thing we did was learn how to make bullet cartridges, but instead of using a ball and gunpowder, they used a gumball and pixie stick dust. Rachel couldn't figure out why we were putting candy in the paper. She just wanted to eat it.
Next, Michael and Rachel joined the U.S. Army.
Gabe did too:
Rachel, however, deserted before she could begin training. Michael learned how to form ranks and shoot in a battle.
Rachel and Aaron had fun playing in the tents they had set up.
And I got to load and shoot a real musket. Here I am biting off the top of the cartridge:
Loading it:
Ready, Aim, Fire!!
We also got to go on a Stagecoach ride. We had to take turns. First, Michael, Rachel, and I got to go with my parents:
The Brian, Gabe, Taryn, David, Aaron, Elijah got to go. There was enough room that Rachel got to go twice:
We also baked biscuits in an adobe oven, toured the museum and Stagecoach Inn, played pioneer era games, and watched a fashion show. We had a lot of fun. It wasn't crowded, which was really, really nice. Thanks, Mom & Dad and Taryn & David for coming with us!
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