Wednesday turned into a really crazy day. Dave had to work that morning from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. then be in Ogden by 3:45 p.m. on his motorcycle to start brining the wall to the valley. I had a meeting in Salt Lake from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and then had to return to the valley to start the TaVaci classes.....one at 4 p.m. and the other at 4:50 p.m. I then needed to pull Ashley from her class at 5:30 (usually ends at 5:45) and head her off to her soccer game that started at 5:30 in River Heights. Oh yea.....and I needed to hook up with Grandma Peterson somewhere so she could take Hannah to her piano lesson in Mendon at 5:30.
In my mind I was thinking there was no way I was going to be able to see Dave come in with the Memorial Wall. However, on my way back into the valley, I swung to Mendon to change my clothes and grab the camera because I had figured out in my head that I could possibly make it work. I would pick Nicole up from TaVaci at 4:45 and drop Ashley off. Then Nicole and I would find somewhere along the highway on the south end of town to pull off and watch them drive by, which we did. We sat at the south end Grist Mill.
I had been coordinating Hannah with my mom and they decided they were going to go sit at the park and ride in Wellsville and watch them come out of the canyon. We had calculated that they should enter the valley around 5 p.m.
Everything was working perfect. Nicole and I were in place. I called my mom after dropping off Ashley and her and Hannah were watching the motorcade come out of the canyon. Sweet! We totally figured it out. Plus, I knew in my mind they were going to have to come right up main street. Especially because 1000 West is under construction.
I'm talking to my mom on the phone and she's telling me how awesome it is. There's tons of motorcycles both regular and police and a bunch of other cop cars. It's probably about a mile long in length. I'm ready. The camera is on and here they come. Then......Hannah calls and tells me that I'm going to miss them. They are turning off the highway and going on 600 West. Really? You've got to be kidding me?
I quickly load Nicole into the van and off we go toward the fair grounds. I get to 400 south and 100 west and see Dave's motorcycle partner. Crap! I missed it. My mom and Hannah were following the motorcade because Hannah thought it was amazing to see her Dad.
Well, I made it to the Aquatic Center (across from the fairgounds) right as the trailer carrying the Memorial Wall was entering the gates. Dave is already inside at this point and has parked his motorcycle. Hannah and I ran inside to catch a couple of photos and to tell Dave we were there.
That's Dave standing in the middle back on the left hand side.
There's nothing like seeing a line of police motorcycles in a row!
The grass area was full of flags in perfect rows. It was so pretty to see.
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