Deseret Land & Livestock June 6, 2010

We finally have had two days in a row with sunshine. Maybe spring is finally here at DLL. We have about all the work done to get ready for Treks. We start Trekking this week on Wednesday.. I think all the missionaries are ready to get started. We have 5 couples here this year and we all get along very good. We work together and play together. I am enclosing pictures of some of the people and things we are doing. The first one's are of the Elders and Sisters after cleaning out the barn. It is so dirty that we had to wear masks. The next several are of a Badger that I found along one of the trails. We have some fun here it's not all work, Elder Coe had a kite and we were flying it on Saturday evening.

We had 5 Route Reviews on Saturday, that's when people come from the various groups and we take them on the route that they are assigned. It takes from 2.5 to 4 hours to answer all there questions and get them all the way around there route. All the routes start and end in the same place. We are using about 5 different routes this year. We have 25 different routes that we can use. This week we only have two Treks, next week we have four. One problem we have is that our well is not working very good. Because of the dry winter here the water table is very low. We are hoping to get the Treks done without hauling water from the Main Ranch. Each Trek use about 1500 to 2000 gallons of water. In June it's not as bad as in July when it gets warmer.

All is Well here at Deseret Land & Livestock. Sister Hawk is still having trouble with her knees, but she is going to finish this Mission. We are just happy to be here on this wonderful ranch and get to do what we do here. The fun is about to start with the Treks. We are seeing many animals and many have young. This is a really great place to spent three summers of our life.

Elder & Sister Hawk