Trip to Brigham

Nan and Dad and I went on a short trip to Brigham today.  The trip was easy with very little construction or traffic, and an 80 mph speed limit.  There is nothing better than coming into the farms around Tremonton after nearly 4 hours with very little scenery.  We love seeing OUR mountains.  We recognize each rock formation and peak.  They look different from the Ogden mountains, or the Salt Lake, or Provo ones.  We also love Brigham's tree lined Main Street.  I almost tear-up every time I see it.  It's a sweet hometown.  At the end of the tree lined Main Street you drive past the old Indian School and on down the old highway into Perry.  It use to be lined with fruit stands and a pretty dangerous road with everyone pulling in and out at 55 mph.  Now there aren't many fruit stands and they have turn lanes into the popular places.  We drove straight to Maddoxs for lunch.  IT IS THE BEST!!  On the way back to Fredee's, we took a tour of the old Indian School.  A lot of it has been torn down. Some of it has been converted into apartments, storage facilities, and small businesses. The apartment buildings that we lived in when Dad taught there are still standing.  And there are buildings like this one where I attended nursery school:

Our play yard was on the right.

It's been many decades since the Indian school closed.  The city never figured out what to do with all of it.  Now there's a cool looking building nearing completion.  It's going to be an extension of Utah State!  They're going to develop all of it into their Brigham campus.  I can't wait to see it grow.