Thursday, August 5, we drove down Interstate 15, stopping in Parowan where Linda's sister Diane and her husband Don Richardson now reside. It was so good to be with them for a few short hours.

This is Don, standing beside the one cylinder engine that he obtained from the McNeill family in Bluewater, NM some years before. He carefully restored the old engine to perfect working order and has displayed it at public events numerous times since.

This engine has a history which is of particular importance to us because it powered the pump that brought water up from a well on the Thomas McNeill property in Bluewater for many, many years. Thomas McNeill is Linda's great grandfather. She was born in a the home that is located just to the south of the old McNeill pump house.