The Homestead

 

The Homestead in Midway Utah ... I don't have distinct recollections of activities at The Homestead, but just a general fond memory of trips with the family there. Looking at my personal history (written in my 20s) I mentioned a memory of a bee sting, while gathering tennis balls in the woods around the courts.  In a 1975 annual recap, Dad had mentioned he and Mom making a trip there alone in July. There was a family trip (sans little Shane) in July 1977  and then another family trip (again, sans Shane) in August 1978. Looking at the photos above,  the top left photo in front of "The Farm House" would be the 1977 trip ... based on Wendy's hair (look close, it's long, in a pony-tail ... even though she DOES seem to have on the same shirt and pictures with short hair) and Scott's height. Then the remaining five pictures from the 1978 trip. Dad kept little Diary Books, and looking back, he found some written memories and tidbits from these two family trips to The Homestead ...

Trip to The Homestead (11-13 July 1977) 

We dropped off Shane at Burgeners, we were in Room 17, two nights, room cost, $34.48 plus $2 sleeping bag charge. We had a dinner charge the first night, on the bill, $13.09. The second day, we went to the Hub Cafe, $10.68 Bank Americard. I have the bills in my little book. We had extra costs, Horses $1.50, Miniature Golf, $1.50, Pool, $0.50. I even have the score card for Miniature Golf, for Scott, Chris, and myself.  We had lunch on 13 July, $14.40 BankAmericard.

Trip to The Homestead (22-24 August 1978) 

I took three days of vacation. We had earlier reserved two nights at The Homestead. 

Tuesday morning, Marge and I took the little car down to Cottonwood Motors for a 50,000 mile checkup. Then Scott and I took our old lawnmower in for repairs.  We got the car packed, left Shane at Burgeners, and headed to the Homestead about 10:30. The drive was short, and the room wasn’t ready when we arrived. We drove to Heber, got slurpees at the 7-11, and then went back to the Homestead, where we unpacked and moved into the Guest House.  We played tennis, went swimming, and played shuffleboard. The water in the outside pool was very cold, so we spent most of the swimming time indoors.  We had a snacky lunch before playing and we all went out for pizza that night at the Pizza Hut in Heber. 

Wednesday, we did a bit of swimming and tennis. There was a mix up in our room reservations, so we had to move out of the Guest House and into The Barn, which was a much more roomy place, and a little more fancy.  Marge and I and Wendy had a nice breakfast Wed morning, while the rest snacked cold cereal in the Guest House.  We went in to Heber City for lunch – hamburgers and malts at the Dairy Keen.  Marge and I went to a nice dinner in the dinner room – roast beef. 

Thursday, Chris and I got up early and went fishing. We drove near the Chalet, which we had investigated the first day, and we hiked along the railroad tracks around the west side of Deer Creek Reservoir. We fished for about 2 hours and I caught one nice rainbow trout, about 14” on a daredevil. The water was quite murky and green with algae.  We returned, packed, checked out, and had snacky meals. We also did a little swimming and tennis before check out time of 12 noon. We had an ice cream and bought candy bar snacks for our trip home. 

We got back in plenty of time Thursday afternoon to get ready and go to our Thursday eve 6:00 class, after stopping by Normans, and picking up Shane at Burgeners. We stopped on the way home and picked up rocks for the rock garden.