kds kupboard: Week 7

We started this week with a bike ride on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. It is a trail along old lake Bonneville Shoreline just as the name implies, or so I thought. I was really in for a surprise as this hour ride took me over five. I think it was really a bike/hike ride.

The climb to the actual trail from Bountiful took us though some beautiful subdivisions high on the hill side. I can now see why residents have a deer problem in the lower subdivisions in Bountiful.

We finally arrived at our first road sign of the Bonneville Shore Line trail head.

This is where the trail leaves the paved road.

The trail soon turned to gravel and became a reasonable two lane dirt trail, very bike able, so we continued on.

We enjoyed interesting views from above.

We could see the Salt Lake.

Our goal seemed close.

The trail continued and became a single track trail going up and down very steep mountain sides. We passed jogger, hikers and mountain bikers, with real mountain bikes, making quick work of the trail. We had come so far, I was sure the next hill would be down into Salt Lake. I knew the way back was long, so we continued forward. I pushed my bike which made the ups and downs even more of a challenge.

We finally reached the top and now for the down hill ride, The road was gravel so the ride was slow. We needed to be careful not to slip on the loose gravel.

Our ride took us down past the capital building and temple square to catch a bus back to Bountiful. I can now say I bike/hiked the "Shoreline Trail" between Bountiful and Salt Lake. Don't let any tell you it is a nice level ride after the climb to its head. I must admit it seems like a dream now but I was really ready to quit on Tuesday after our five hour adventure.

We ended our preparation day with a 6:30pm session at the Bountiful, Utah temple. It was a session for the deaf. Sister Falakakala and her daughter were also attending the session. We had a nice visit with them. Hope to see Sister Falakakala on the International Floor of the Family History Library some now, she is living in Utah.

Saturday was the Family History Block Party. The street between the tabernacle and the Family History Center was closed for it. Our niece Maylyn and her girls came. We enjoyed lunch together and listening to the Kenshin Taiko (Japanese drums).

We spent Father's Day in Logan with our son, Louis's family. We enjoyed a nice dinner of salmon and beef tenderloin grilled. It was a wonderful day. We took a hike with his family and got sprinkled on and our shoes all muddy. When we got back Louis and his kids polished our shoes. What a wonderful Father's Day we had with our family.

As we drove through Logan we enjoyed the view of the beautiful temple there with the sunbeams from heaven shining on it and the gray sky background. This is a very special temple to Elder Koberstein and I as we started our life together there many years ago.

Monday evening we drove back to Logan after a days work at the Family History Library to see the play "Beauty and the Beast". We have recently been blessed with two Koberstein Beast's in our family. One an actor in a play and