Nineteen friends and family gathered at Hoover Dam for an overnight canoe trip down the Black Canyon portion of the Colorado River. We had excellent weather and had a wonderful trip as we paddled 13 miles to Willow Beach, Arizona. We hiked several slot canyons and explored some hot springs.


Mical, Diana, and Trevor flying our pirate flag as we paddled down the mighty Colorado.

CMA Concert

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Charlene and I attended a concert in Las Vegas Monday evening at the MGM Grand. It was an Academy of Country Music Awards tribute to legendary entertainer George Strait in honoring him as entertainer of the decade. A number of talented artists either sang their version of a George Strait song, or sang a tribute to a former recipient of the award. Those tributes included: Marty Robbins, Loretta Lynn, Alabama, and Garth Brooks. Those performing included: Sugarland, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, Faith Hill, Loretta Lambert, Blake Shelton, Toby Keith, Jamie Fox, Martina McBride, Brooks & Dunn, Jamie Johnson, LeAnn Womack, Alan Jackson, LeAnn Rimes, Montgomery Gentry, Garth Brooks, and of course George Strait. The concert was exceptional and will be broadcast on CBS on May 27th.

Dylan Crawford Bull Rider !

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This is Dylan on the Utah National Guard electonic bull at the annual Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife Banquet held Saturday March 7, 2009. Dylans expert skill won him several nice prizes at the dart throw including a laser guided air soft pistol and a large fountain drink mug. We had a nice dinner and a fun time.

ATV Ride Near Motoqua

We had to cross several fairly large and deep streams on our trip. This is Colten and Megan crossing one of the more shallow streams near Motoqua. Fortunately no one floated away.


A group of us went on an all day ATV ride on Saturday. We left from Utah Hill and went west into the Beaver Dam Wash (north of Littlefield, AZ) and then back over to Motoqua, before completing the 65 mile loop. Ron and Elaine Terry were the tour leaders and those in the group were: Rulon & Shirley Jones, Mike & Dori Singleton,
Kendall & Ilene Simkins, Harold & Myrtle Singleton, Brent & Whitney Simkins, Colten & Megan Bracken, Sheldon & Elaine Banks, Lee & Charlene Bracken, and two friends of Rons from St. George.

Snow Sculpture for FHE

Snow sculpture FHE, originally uploaded by Lee Bracken.

The snow today was wet and just the right texture to build snowmen or other snow creations. For FHE we all worked from a bucket of snow on a cookie sheet to make our favorite sculpture.

Library Dedication

Sister Patricia T Holland joins with her husband Elder Jeffrey R Holland at the ribbon cutting ceremony of the new county library facility in Enterprise. The ribbon cutting followed a nice program and formal dedication that took place at the Enterprise High School Auditorium. It was a fun event to be part of and a historic day for our little community.