More Great Experiences (Mike)

A couple of days ago, a guy from Hinckley, Utah came by. He had equipment that would allow him to take panorama pictures of the fort inside the rooms and outside the fort. I spent a couple of hours with him taking the photos in some of the rooms and the blacksmith shop. He has already posted some of them on a site called 360cities.net. They are pretty cool. They will eventually be posted on Google Earth.


Yesterday, I had a black van pull in that was quite interesting. When I first met the driver he was a cocky Hispanic guy, wearing a wife-beater shirt, and muscles on top of muscles. He asked what this place was and if we had a roller coaster in there. I explained what the fort was all about. The guy in the passenger’s seat looked like a gang banger. They went and parked the van, and the guy and his wife and cute little four year-old girl came over and asked for a tour. As we went through the fort, I watched the spirit work on this guy and humble him almost to tears. When we finished the tour, they wanted the Book of Mormon and the missionaries. He couldn’t express his gratitude enough for their experience in the Fort.

Today, an SUV pulled in and two couples from California got out and asked for a tour. They were probably in their mid fifties, and were on their way to SLC on business. I showed them the Cove Fort Video, and took them to the fort. In the second room, I overheard one of the ladies quietly say to the other, “this place has a good feeling.” I wonder how many times I have heard that. It’s great. They really enjoyed the tour and one of the couples wanted the Book of Mormon, and the Missionaries to come by.

As they were leaving the parking lot, I happened to be outside, and they stopped the car to take more pictures. I asked the driver,(The one who wanted the B of M) What business he had in SLC. He said that he had invented those cardboard, fold-up emergency toilets. I told him I had bought one and had given them to family members as well. He got all excited and had everyone get out of the car and have pictures taken with me. He also said he was going to send me the new and improved version of the toilet. What a day!