Dad's baptism in the Big Hole on Crow Creek

Eighty-one years ago this summer, Dad was baptized in the Big Hole on Crow Creek in Star Valley, Wyoming. Though it was early June, he recalls that they still had to break a little ice away from the edges of the river before entering … brrrrr!

Last year, we took dad back home and enjoyed hearing his first hand accounts of his Star Valley childhood. Our grandchildren were glued to his every word as we visited cemetaries, homesteads, and the new LDS temple in Afton. Though the site of his baptism doesn't look the same anymore, he was able to describe it enough for me to attempt to put this sacred experience on canvas. I am sure it is not entirely accurate, but it portrays the event and secures its memory.