February 1973 a transfer from Utah (after 7 years) to Oregon was in the works...We would be moving closer to our families, but were waiting to tell them until it was official...March 3rd fate intervened, Herbs Mother, age 61, passed away that morning of a massive stroke following an asthma attack...Herb and I were on our way to Twin Falls, Idaho, to pick up siding for my Mom, our kids were with my mother in Bountiful, UT...An urgent message to call his Dad, waited in Twin Falls, for us...In the next few hours, offers of help were carried out...My sister, Loraine and husband, Steve drove to Bountiful, picked up my Mon and our two children, drove to Duchesne, UT, .(our home) where our neighbors, (the Baileys) had suitcases packed with appropriate funeral clothing and enough other clothing for at least a week, for all of us...Late afternoon we all met back in Bountiful, where we unloaded the siding, loaded our belongings and left for Idaho, arriving at Dads, in Council, Idaho around midnight.
As you can imagine the next few days were a blur, funeral arrangement were made, family came from New York state...A constant flow of Dad's friends and neighbors brought food and did everything they could to help...We were all in a state of shock, going through the motions, doing what had to be done...Also our imminent move to Oregon was on our minds...We were less than 200 miles away from Joseph and made the decision to go to Joseph and look for housing, as Herb was expected to be at his new job around the 1st of April...I tell you all of this because it will help if you know our state of mind before we saw Joseph, OR for the first time.
The winter of 72/73 was an open winter, little snow, which was nice for us on this journey as the roads were good...Scenery was not on our minds as we drove into the Wallowa Valley and after living in McCall, Idaho we knew all about beautiful scenery...It was a gloomy, cloudy, bleak looking day and didn't improve much when we found out that houses to rent were few and far between...Hugs To All...OWAV:)
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