Day Trip to Vernal, Utah (June 29th)

Gary and Debi took a day trip to Vernal, Utah to visit some of the places that Debi remembered. Vernal is famous for dinosaurs, so it is only appropriate that Debi had her picture taken in front of the pink dinosaur that welcomes visitors to Vernal. Debi and Mike Ramsey lived in Vernal from 1978-1984. This was Debi's first trip back--25 years later. The town had changed a lot! Many more stores (even a Lowes and a Wal-Mart) and new traffic lights made the trip confusing to Debi--she couldn't remember how to get to the school where she taught for five years! (We did find it eventually with a little help from the local phone book.)

The church that Debi and Mike Ramsey attended in Vernal, Utah. (We attended Vernal 8th Ward, in the Glines, Utah Stake.) It is located at the corner of 500 West and 100 South--right next door to the Vernal Temple. The church is just a few blocks away from the first house that Debi and Mike Ramsey owned. We didn't take a picture of the house , but we (Gary and Debi Whiting) walked around the block of her old house at 365 South 900 West.
The 1997 Vernal Utah Temple was converted to a temple from the Vernal Tabernacle which was originally built in 1907. It is listed as a historical landmark in Utah.

Debi standing in front of the entrance to the Vernal, Utah Temple.

Debi and Gary visited the school where Debi first taught--Ashley Elementary. She taught third grade from 1979-1980, and first grade from 1980-1984.