Sunday, August 23, 2009
Summer pictures, part 1: Olson Reunion
Time to get caught up on some of our summer adventures. In June we made a trek to Mink Creek, Idaho for an Olson Family reunion. Those would be Pauline’s materal grandparents, who were dairy farmers in a small community outside of Preston, Idaho. Preston happens to be the town where Napoleon Dynamite was filmed, so on our way to Mink Creek we did a quick “Napoleon tour” of the downtown area.
This is where Napoleon got his hair cut before the dance.
These are authentic used suits from DI, like the one Napoleon bought. (DI = “Deseret Industries”, an LDS church-run chain of thrift stores. This one was visited in the film but the name was not shown.)
Here’s some other stuff we could have bought at DI.
Here’s the town department store. My kids could tell you exactly when Napoleon visited here in the movie.
Then, on to the old family homestead. This is a cabin where, if I recall correctly, Pauline’s great-great aunt lived over the winter to obtain homesteading rights. (Pauline, correct me if I’m wrong.)
Pauline liked this collection of rusty tools; I think this was in her grandpa’s barn.
There was a pond in back of Pauline’s grandparents’ house. Our kids went on several paddle boat rides with some of their second cousins.
Emily was proud of this feather she found while four-wheeling with her great-uncle.
It was certainly beautiful there. The hills aren’t normally this green.
We went on a walk along the spring behind Pauline’s grandparents’ house. A beaver had been having fun.
Here’s the source of the spring, where it comes out of the mountain. The cup was put there by Pauline's grandpa so that people could drink from the spring. Either that, or it's a replacement cup put there by someone else.
On our way back, it started to rain.
Later, we went on an outing with Pauline’s mom and aunt. We were surprised to find hundreds of sheep on this hillside, bleating away very loudly.
This is where Napoleon got his hair cut before the dance.
These are authentic used suits from DI, like the one Napoleon bought. (DI = “Deseret Industries”, an LDS church-run chain of thrift stores. This one was visited in the film but the name was not shown.)
Here’s some other stuff we could have bought at DI.
Here’s the town department store. My kids could tell you exactly when Napoleon visited here in the movie.
Then, on to the old family homestead. This is a cabin where, if I recall correctly, Pauline’s great-great aunt lived over the winter to obtain homesteading rights. (Pauline, correct me if I’m wrong.)
Pauline liked this collection of rusty tools; I think this was in her grandpa’s barn.
There was a pond in back of Pauline’s grandparents’ house. Our kids went on several paddle boat rides with some of their second cousins.
Emily was proud of this feather she found while four-wheeling with her great-uncle.
It was certainly beautiful there. The hills aren’t normally this green.
We went on a walk along the spring behind Pauline’s grandparents’ house. A beaver had been having fun.
Here’s the source of the spring, where it comes out of the mountain. The cup was put there by Pauline's grandpa so that people could drink from the spring. Either that, or it's a replacement cup put there by someone else.
On our way back, it started to rain.
Later, we went on an outing with Pauline’s mom and aunt. We were surprised to find hundreds of sheep on this hillside, bleating away very loudly.
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