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Show .ri:l~~ 1 UJ.") Under the Eaves B&B (Deb and Steve) From: To: Sent Subject: "Maureen Bottimore" <mbottimore@hotmail.com> <OTooleS@SouthemUtah.com> Wednesday, August 28,200212:49 PM YOU HAVE MY OLD HOUSEl!! I AM GETTING READY FOR A VISIT TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN TIIE WORLD.. .IMAGINE MY SHOCK WHILE LOOKING FOR MOTELS IN SPRINGDALE ON THE WEB, RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES POPS UP A PICTURE OF THE HOME MY PARENTS OWNED BACK IN .THE 6O'S... WE liVED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA & MY FOLKS LOVED ZION NAT'L PARK. ON ONE OF OUR TRIPS THERE MANY YEARS AGO 1HEY SAW A HOME FOR SALE THAT THEY LOVED AND BOUGIIT IT... WE WOULD SPEND SEVERAL WEEKS THERE IN THE SUMMER, CHRISTMAS AND EARLY SPRING. DURING TIlE SUMMER WHEN MY PARENTS WENT BACK HOME I SPENT SIX OR SEVEN WEEKS LIVlNG WITH BISHOP DAN WINDER & IDS FAMILY. I REMEMBER WHEN BUMBLEBERRY INN WAS GRANDMA'S KITCHEN, HAD A GRANDMA SlITING IN A ROCKING CHAIR OVER THE IRRIGATION DITCH (LONG AGO COVERED UP) OUR HOUSE FACED THE WATCHMAN (OF COURSE YOU KNOW THAn & I SPENT MANY DAYS WATCHING THE MOUNTAIN CHANGE & MANY NIGHTS LISITING TO THE lHUNDER BOUNCE AROUND IN THEC ON. WAS SO SORRY AFlER MY FATHER PASSED AWAY THAT MY MOTHER SOLD IT TO THE EXCEL F Y.. .IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 15 YEARS SINCE I VISITED SPRINGDALE BUT I , MUST ~Y "MY HOME" LOOKS SO MUCH BEITER THAN IT DID!!ITS BEAUTIFUL. I AM HOPING TO COME IN MID OCTOBER (STILL CHECKING OUT LODGEING) BUT I HOPE IT WILL BE OK IF I COME SEE ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS YOU HAVE MADE. I WILL BRING YOU OLD PIC11JRES OF mE AREA. I AM SORRY FOR GOING ON & ON BUT SEEING YOUR B & B ON THE WEB JUST TOOK MY BREATH AWAY & BROUGIIT BACK SO MANY MEMORIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MAUREEN SHAY BOTI1MORE ···EMAIL MBOTTIMORE@HOIMAIL.COM ~7N 2coe eXd ~". ~ h-... ~~~ ~-~.,- |
