News From Price, Utah

It's a chilly Monday morning here in Castle Country. We get that moniker because of all the mesa land formation so prevalent in this area of the state. They look like castles protruding up from the ground.

We received a little more snow on Friday night, about two inches, and then just a skiff on Saturday night. This morning there is just a thin frosty ice covering the vehicles and other smooth objects. Gloria has left for work and I sit here at the computer catching up with some paper work and paying a few bills.

Yesterday morning we woke up and found, just as we were heading to church in the minivan, that we had a flat tire. We were able to hitch a ride with a neighbor to the church house and another ride back home with a couple we home teach after the block meetings. A couple of hours later, a fellow who lives two houses away from us came over with his portable hydraulic jack, lifted the car up with the jack, removed the flat tire, replaced it with our donut spare tire, and finally went home to get his portable air compressor so he could pump up the spare that was a little low in pressure. This was all taking place while we were visiting with our home teachers inside our home. We didn't even know he was doing it. When I reminded him it was Sunday, the day of rest, he said it looked at the situation as being our "ox in the mire" and he was there to help. He also comes early in the mornings following a snow storm to clear off our driveway and sidewalk with his four-wheel SUV and snow blade. We consider him our "Good Neighbor, Sam."