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January 11, 1998 Mathew J. Stucki Page 1
We moved to Castle Valley in June of 1976. Rather than hiring a moving company to move our belongings, our move to Castle Valley was accomplished by taking truckloads of our belongings to our new home. Since we didn’t yet have a place to put our things on the farm, we stored the majority of our belongings in a warehouse in Moab.
One of the most memorable trips was when we loaded our old Chevrolet pickup and a large moving truck with our belongings and preparations for the farm, leaving enough room in the back of the moving truck for the animals we purchased and planned to pick up on our way down to the valley. Since all the family would not fit in the front of the trucks, the younger children crawled into the back of the moving truck and found places to relax during the ride. We stopped along the way a various farms to get Marmi, a Saanan goat, Nicky, a French Alpine goat, Petunia our pig, and crates of chickens.
The journey progressed fine until just outside Green River, Utah. The old pickup truck had engine trouble and refused to go any further. Stranded on the side of the road, we arranged to have the truck towed to a garage inside Green River. The mechanic examined the engine and explained that it had thrown a rod. We stayed the night in a motel and pulled the pickup behind the moving truck the next day to reach our destination.
We moved the truck to the back of the property and used it as a shelter. We erected tents around a fire pit, and our new home looked vaguely like a pioneer wagon train. We slept under the stars at night. The starry night sky was remarkable. The Milky Way displayed billions of stars. Many nights since have been spent studying the countless stars and awe-inspiring heavenly bodies. . .
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January 11, 1998 Mathew J. Stucki Page 1
We moved to Castle Valley in June of 1976. Rather than hiring a moving company to move our belongings, our move to Castle Valley was accomplished by taking truckloads of our belongings to our new home. Since we didn’t yet have a place to put our things on the farm, we stored the majority of our belongings in a warehouse in Moab.
One of the most memorable trips was when we loaded our old Chevrolet pickup and a large moving truck with our belongings and preparations for the farm, leaving enough room in the back of the moving truck for the animals we purchased and planned to pick up on our way down to the valley. Since all the family would not fit in the front of the trucks, the younger children crawled into the back of the moving truck and found places to relax during the ride. We stopped along the way a various farms to get Marmi, a Saanan goat, Nicky, a French Alpine goat, Petunia our pig, and crates of chickens.
The journey progressed fine until just outside Green River, Utah. The old pickup truck had engine trouble and refused to go any further. Stranded on the side of the road, we arranged to have the truck towed to a garage inside Green River. The mechanic examined the engine and explained that it had thrown a rod. We stayed the night in a motel and pulled the pickup behind the moving truck the next day to reach our destination.
We moved the truck to the back of the property and used it as a shelter. We erected tents around a fire pit, and our new home looked vaguely like a pioneer wagon train. We slept under the stars at night. The starry night sky was remarkable. The Milky Way displayed billions of stars. Many nights since have been spent studying the countless stars and awe-inspiring heavenly bodies. . .