The second part of our trip was a quick, but wonderful one. My parents decided early this year that they wanted to serve another mission. They opted to go to Cove Fort, UT for six months to serve as tour guides at the historic site. This is a place that we have driven by a million times on our travels between Arizona and Utah. I had heard of it, but had never stopped to see what was there.
We made about a six hour journey from Durango to this small Fort at the junction of I-15 and I-70. As we arrived in the early evening, my parents were able to give us the tour of the site. It was really fun to hear them share with us what they had been doing as well as the history of the Fort. For those who don't know, Brigham Young called families to go and colonize all over Utah in the latter half of the 1800's. As the prophet and president of the church, Brigham Young would travel to many of these small towns and settlements, and Cove Ft. was built as a stopping point for him and other church travelers. Ira Hinkley, an ancestor of President Hinkley was called along with his family to build and maintain it.
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