OUR HONEYMOON - CHAPTER SIX

Our Honeymoon consisted of ten glorious days of traveling and sightseeing from rainy Utah to dry hot Nevada, to Sunny California. We spent out first night in a small motel in Grantsville, Utah. It was a rainy night so anything looked good to us; even this old fashioned place. Next we traveled to Reno, Nevada, Sacramento, Chico, Oakland, San Jose, and San Francisco, California. We also visited many other places throughout Northern California.
Roger was able to show me many of the areas he served in. We stopped and visit some of his converts and friends. We stayed one night with Jean Freeman and her children in Saratoga, California. She was one of Roger's favorite people. He didn't teach her but became friends with her and her children. Her husband would not let her be baptized for a very long time. Finally she was given permission. Roger did participate in the baptisms of her children. Jean and I had written letters back and forth while Roger was on his mission. We became very dear friends and still are. She helped me a lot in the difficulty of waiting for a missionary. We also visited with Mom mom Engle. She and her children were converts of Roger's. Mom mom was a nickname and she became such a wonderful Mom mom to us through the years. We treasured our friendship.We also visited some converts that were in the John Birch Society which was an organization fighting for the constitution of the United States. One memorable visit was to a black Sister that Roger taught and baptized. She had asked to be taught the gospel. She lived in San Francisco and in that era the missionaries were not able to teach black people unless they asked for it. Roger was able to teach and baptize her. She had us for dinner in her small apartment. She was an older sister in her 70's. She fixed us a steak and salad and then she would not sit down with us to eat. She said that black people were not suppose to eat with white people. We insisted that we didn't make that rule and we wanted her to sit down with us. She finally did. It is so sad what they had to go through over the many years of slavery and etc. She was an awesome black convert; that we were privileged to have been her friend.
One of the most favorite places we stayed in was Carmel by the sea. It was so beautiful there. The ocean was so beautiful and the beaches were awesome.I remember most going out to dinner. We both dressed up in Sunday best. I had a yellow dress that I wore a paisley green jacket with. It would have been very much in style both in color and design. I felt so great in this dress. We had dinner and were placed close to a fireplace. It was so romantic. I myself had never been in a restaurant this nice before. It was such a treat.
We have some really sweet memories of these 10 days together. Our honeymoon was truly beautiful and we didn't want to come home and face the reality of school and jobs.
Apparently, we didn't take many pictures while we were on this wonderful adventure.