Robert writes home #2-Feb. 6 1954

Provo, Utah
Feb. 6, 1954

Dear Mom, Daddy and Jeanene

How's everything at home? Are you up at Williams yet?

I've about decided to take piano lessons next quarter. Jeanene, who are the best and least expensive music teachers? If I do take lessons I'll have to have some of the money from my cows but don't send any til I ask for it.

I went to a swell dance last night; it was the Ad. Ball. Thursday night Herb, Bob and two of my roomates and I went to have dinner with Sherry Knudsen and her roommates. It was sure a nice evening.

Bob and Herb and I are going to climb "Y" mountain today. I'm waiting for them now. (They're half an hour late).

I sure had a rough test in my Missionary course last Wed. I don't think I did to good on it.

I got a letter from Milo day before yesterday. It sounds like he surely has a life of leisure, and boredom.

Sunday:
We sure had a lot of fun on our trip up the mountain yesterday. We went up this side and then came down the other; we had to scale some cliff getting to the top from this side. It's sure high; they say the elevation is 10,000 feet. Provo has been foggy for the past few days but when we got a little ways above the big Y on the mountain we hit sunshine. We ate our lunch at the base of the cliffs which spot is only 3 or 400 ft. from the top. The sun was so warm there that we took our shirts off. I got a little color and the beginning of a burn on my face from it. There was quite a bit of snow on the top of the mountain in spots. We saw some cougar tracks and quite a few deer tracks, no animals though.

I saw Ronnie's girl friend at Sunday School this morning. She was down here to visit some of her friends for the weekend. She said that Ronnie will get a two week leave in 3 weeks. Barbara and her husband are living in Calif. now. Agnes is staying with Lyle and (Lena) I believe that's the right name, I know Lyle is right.

I have about decided to stay here instead of moving in with Bob and Herb. I believe it would probably cost me to much, I would sure like to live with them though. Ed moved out last Friday; its kind of lonely here without him. He is really a swell guy. He wants me to move in with him but I don't think I'll move any place. This living in a batching system with a bunch of guys that haven't been away from their mothers before can sure get old.

How is everything at home? Has it been snowing much?

Well so long for this time.

Love,
Robert

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