Roasting Pinon Nuts

Because of the sunny beautiful days Pinon picking is still going strong. 

Eloise gave us some Pinyon nuts for taking her to work so I asked Sarah to show me how they roast them. She put them in a sieve and washed them, then laid them out on a Bluebird flour bag and dried them.

and She then put them in a frying pan and heated them stirring the nuts continually. Soon they started to pop and smell differently.

She then poured a little water over them and sprinkled salt on the nuts. After they cooled we sat at the table and were eating some when my front tooth started feeling funny.  When we arrived home I looked in the mirror and sure enough I had lost a filling that had been put in my front tooth years ago where  my tooth had been discolored.  We were planning a trip to Gallop so phoned for an appointment with an LDS dentist there.

Before leaving for Gallop Wednesday morning we had to take Eloise home so rather than travelling back on Water Tanks washboard road which is terrible we decided to continue on cross country till we hit pavement again. We hear of people going that way often. We weren't sure we were on the right road since it looked more like a cow trail at times but we phoned a neighbor and he assured us we were going the right way.  After about 40 kilometers we saw these houses and new we were coming to civilization.

When we saw this pavement we new we had arrived. The paved roads here may be narrow but they sure look great after the washboard of the dirt roads. There is next to nil upkeep and grading done on the roads so the washboard is getting very bad. Even the trail we took was washboard.

We arrived in Gallop and decided to go to Sizzlers (missionaries get half off there) even though it was only 3 oclock. When we walked in a lady across the room started waving. She was from Pinon and had come to Gallop because her 92+ mother whom she lives with had fallen and broken her hip. She said she had been wanting to phone us so Elder Lybbert could give her Mom, Ruth, a blessing but hadn't brought our phone number. Small miracles. Ruth was in surgery but since we were planning to stay over we said we would meet her at the hospital next morning.  Next morning they had Ruth sitting up in a chair. She  was happy to see us and have a blessing. The native people have great faith in prayer. She does not understand English so her daughter interpreted for her. She is a tough little lady.
After the hospital we went to the dental office, filled out the forms, sat in the chair. the dentist came, a nice young man and said he could have my tooth fixed shortly IF the equipment was working which it wasn't.  I would have to come back tomorrow and maybe it would up and running. Not possible so my tooth still needs to be fixed.
It has been a good week. Today Roxanne and Larry moved from the Hogan to her mothers house up on the hill among the juniper trees. The house has not been lived in for 10 years and has been vandalized so no wiring and few windows.  There is more room but no power or water. We helped out by cleaning cupboards and washing dishes.  Roxanne is blind but its amazing how she knows just where things are and whats what.

Love to all,
Elder and Sister Lybbert