Memory Lane

This post is strictly about my "Good-Old-Days".

This run down building was once "Wood's Store". It reminded me a lot of the Theurer's Market I use today except the owners lived in half. I still remember the smell and the huge scale that sat next to the cash register. I once won a 'Drug-Free color contest' and got to ride in a cop car to Wood's Store for a frozen yogurt. Yipee!

Escalante Valley Elementary. We were (and they still are) the Mustangs! They have since built a new school with a gym attached :) I attended K-5th Grade here. The original school is where the light brown roof is. My kindergarten room is the addition to the right and the library is the brick addition out front. Behind the library was another addition which was the 4th Grade room. Mr. Snow (my 4th Grade teacher) had a wooden leg. He broke it one day while walking around the room. Quite frightening for us nine year olds to watch. He sent someone to the office to get help and we didn't see him for a few days after that.

This is the north side of the school with the Kindergarten room on the left and the lunchroom was everything to the right of the double brown doors. It was so fun when we were old enough to help with lunch room duties. My favorite was spraying off the trays and loading them in the dishwasher. Ya, I think this is a paid position now days. I also met Lynn Randolph (Channel 5 weather anchor) here when I was in 4th grade. He came down to do Weatherschool and I was interviewed for the TV because I told him I would rather ride my horse to school than the bus. Whatever gets you on TV right?!!!!!


Everything is so run down it makes me sad. However, it doesn't erase memories. Just beyond the tree line was a dirt lot. We spent a lot of time there drowning Chizzlers*. We were not allowed to cross the tree line but it seemed we spent a lot of time over there. I guess the teachers were not very good babysitters! We played a lot of kickball, tag, and four-square. There was tall aluminum slide that I am sure would not pass inspection on todays playgrounds and actually sent you home with burn marks on hot, sunny days.

*Chizzlers: Matt makes fun of me for the name of these furry varmits. I don't know what family they belong to and the best description I can give you is a really small squirrell. They should be the school mascot!

Enterprise High School. I attended 6th Grade @ Enterprise Elementary and then 7th -12th were all in the High School. There were 69 students in my Graduating class. I served as Social Manager both my Jr. and Sr. years. I was on the Rodeo Team all four years and served as the Utah High School Rodeo Student Secretary my Senior year. I was a member of the FFA and recieved the Agriculture Sterling Scholar Award my Senior year as well. Lots of good memories!

On another note . . .

I stopped in to see my Grandma but she wasn't home. I saw the 'ol truck' and had to get a picture. I can't look at this truck and not see my Grandpa Hunt. I remember saddling horses and being ready to go as the sun came up. Grandpa would back up to the loading chute at our house and we would see how many horses we could fit in the 'ol truck'. Then we were off to put in a full day's work. Grandma would come along in the GMC and camper and we enjoyed many great lunches complete with Keebler cookies, a cold Pepsi or Squirt, and Dan Seals playing on the radio!