Life on the Reservation

Life on the Reservation

Roads

There is one paved road to Pinon from Chinle or Gallop or any points west. This is the main artery with dirt roads going out from it in all directions. These roads have names. Not posted names so you have to consult with someone who has lived here to get directions to where people live. From the pictures below can you guess which road it is.

Watertower road             Lost horse road                    Low mountain road            Wepo Wash road

see we have 8 lane roads here also

When you find the right road then you go by landmarks like this to find the house you are looking for. This is stop tree (notice the bent stop sign nailed to it). You turn lefr or right here.

This is Big Tree (notice big tree painted on it). The house you are looking for will be so many miles past big tree.

We spent one hour every morning this week doing yard work. I am raking up bull thorns and burning them

Wayne is digging out old plants in the flower bed.

Our mornings are spent listening to whatever we are studying, baking, cleaning, walking and yard work. In the afternoon we go visiting members and getting to know them.

Another fellow showed up on our door step that has problems with the word of wisdom. He went to BYU, worked in electronics for a time but the came back to the reservation. He has a wife with nine daughters the oldest is 14 and his wife is expecting number 10 in March He hopes that it will be a boy. It smelled like he is already celebrating the new year.

We also met a real nice family that invited us to come visit. He was Branch Pres. at one time but then their kids got older and they go visiting them on week ends and just never get around to coming to church.

New Years Eve tomorrow so we wish everyone the best in this coming year.

Love you all,

elder and Sister Lybbert