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If you are looking for fun things to do in July head to Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Each Tuesday at 7pm enjoy an  EIRMC Snake River Concert at the Memorial Drive Stage at 7 pm.

Reckless Kelly and Muzzie Braun will be presented at the Colonial Theater at 8 pm.

The 4th of July is full of activities. The Fourth of July parade starts at 9am. The second annual AT&T Liberty Festivalon the Falls starts at 11 am. Enjoy games, contests, food, and music. Spunk Pharm is playing, and they are a personal favorite of mine.

The Melaleuca Freedom Festival provides fireworks at night that are the biggest west of the Mississippi.

Alive After Five can be enjoyed every Wednesday from June 4th to August 27th. Enjoy music and great food at the Civitan Plaza Park.

The Carr Gallery has Micellaneous Mysteries from July 1st to September 3rd.

The Sweet Adelines are having a yard, and bake sale at the South Capital Park Gazebo July 12th.

Helen Apperle work, and also her students work can be viewed at the The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho July 17 through September 27th.

Doctor Doolittle Day at the Zoo in July 19th. They will have crafts, prizes, games, and animal encounters. Any day is a great day to check out the zoo!

July 26th is the grand opening of the new 4000 sq ft pier. There will be free food, activities, music, and a Daddy Derby.

The 54th Annual Sidewalk Festival on the Greenbelt is July 26-27.

War Bonnet Rodeo July 31st to August 2nd. Collin Raye will be preforming.

If you want to enjoy a great dance event. Go to Rexburg, Idaho for the Idaho International Dance and Music Festival July 26th to August 1st.

This should keep everyone entertained and busy all month! Look out the Annual Duck race is next month!

I recently did a blog on a shoe tree I saw between LaVerkin and Toquerville Utah. I wondered why there were shoes all over in the tree. Hope that someone will have some information on it. Rich Dansereau added an interesting comment about bottle trees down south and the folK lore behind them (also a great picture of one). I was wondering what other folk lore people might like to share?

Update, KSL TV in Salt Lake City is going to do a story on the tree and use my picture. They recently cut it down because they felt it was a hazard. A student wrote that they started a new tree across town. The information on how it got started is in a link below.

I you will be headed our way in July there are several fun things to do.

The Outlaw Trail Theater is July 1-3 at the Western Park Ampitheater. Of course there will be Independence Day celebrations. There will be a parade on Main Street in the morning, and fireworks in the evening at the Ashley Valley Park.

Dippy the Dinosaur will be having a birthday celebration again this summer. This party celebrates the discovery of the Diplododus skeleton. This skeleton is on display in the museum.   I am sure Dippy will want to invite his dinosaur friends.

The Country Show Down is July 8th at the Western Park Ampitheater.

The PRCA Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo will be held July 9-12.

Each year there are activities to celebrate Pioneer Day. It is a state holiday to celebrate the arrival of the first pioneers to settle in Utah. In Vernal, there will be a parade on the Main Street.

Alive After Five in Cobble Rock Park will start July 31st, and continue each Thursday in August.

Come and join us!

I went to St George, Utah last week and on my way back to Salt Lake City I passed through the towns of LaVerkin and Toquerville. In between these two towns I saw this tree.

Can you guess what is in the tree?

Yep they are shoes. Why? I do not know. I hope to find out where this tradition started and get back to you.

The weather has been kind of cold and unusual out this way. Now it is warmer and it seems like summer is going to stay. A sure sign of summer in Vernal is seeing the beautiful planters and pots along Main Street filled with petunias. Varieties of purples and pinks, with a touch of white. Thought I would share this wonderful site!

Cobble Rock Park

Fountains at Cobble Rock Park

Petunias along the front of the park

Petunias along the Natural History Museum

My father was a great example for my Sisters and I. He was a teacher, and taught us the value of education. He felt if you could read you could learn to do anything. He showed us this by example. If he wanted to do something he got a book, and the next thing you knew he had accomplished the task. He not only taught us that we could learn to do anything, he also taught us we could be anything we wanted to be. We have missed him these past 27 years and wish that he was here so our children could also learn from him.

Memorial Day weekend was a great time to get out and walk the greenbelt. The flowers and trees were blooming.

The geese were showing off their new babies.

The falls are a little high with the spring runoff, and the rapids are beautiful. Much different than when they were frozen!

 Crossing has a wonderful fountain in the middle of a turn about with wildlife, and an eagle. Idaho Falls was was originally called Taylor's crossing, and then the name change to Eagle Rock. More the history  can be found in an earlier blog I wrote about the history of the falls.

The greenbelt can be enjoyed from the many hotels in the area.

Come and visit sometime!

The end of may I had the opportunity to go to the Natural History Museum in Washington DC. I spent a lot of my time looking at the fossils, and gems. I thought the fossil hunters in this group would enjoy seeing the pieces from the museum. Pieces this large and colorful would be a great find!

I have been traveling recently and not doing a lot of blogging. I got a change to go to Washington D. C. for the first time. Since I love flowers my favorite places were the Botanical Gardens, and the rose gardens. I thought I would share a few pictures with you. It was hard to narrow them down.