Over the Labor Day weekend, Dave and Jilynn and their family came to St. George for a visit. It is always a lot of fun when any of our children and our grandchildren come for a visit. On Labor Day, we went to Pine View, UT. which is located about 30 miles north of St George in a high valley. I believe that the elevation is approximately 6000 feet. In the summer the area is much cooler than St. George and during the winter they receive a lot of snow.

The Church in Pine Valley is the oldest operating LDS chapel. It has been open and used for services since the middle 1800's. The structure of the church is very interesting. The pioneers did not know how to build a building, but one member knew how to build ships. The frame of the building is very unique in that it looks like an up side down boat. Pine Valley has produced a lot of lumber for the area including some logs that were used to build the pipes for the organ in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. Even though the lumber industry is not longer a viable, many people still live there. They have 300-400 members there for Sacrament meeting in the summer. How do they do that? There are jacks outside the chapel and they set up big screen televisions on the lawn to accommodate the number of people attending. Bring your own chair. Great setting. They do not h ave the full church program so if you have children that are in primary or young men or young women in you family, you attend a regualr chapel a few miles down the road.

After visiting the chapel, we had a picnic in the national park located in Pine Valley. At the end of the day we had a great time and the grandchildren were happy to see their beds.