This morning I was wished an early happy birthday in song by Bud. He had the day all planned out and it was the best birthday I can remember in a while. We left our room around 6:30 AM to drive to the Jackson Lake Lodge where I was treated to a beautiful buffet breakfast. That in and of it's self is wonderful, but to be seated by a window that looks out to the Grand Teton Mountains - well, that was spectacular!!
We drove on into Jackson where we kept our appointment with the Oral Surgeon. He is a great doctor and we were impressed. He is very thorough and will continue to follow Bud over the next few weeks as he heals. Our new favorite place to shop has become K-Mart. It is the only discount store in the immediate area. There is a WalMart in Bozeman, but that is really quite a drive to get the little necessities we need from time to time. Besides that, I don't think they have a Bubba's there.
We walked around town looking at all the beautiful pottery, paintings, furs and leather goods. Bud got a new belt - Happy Father's Day!! and then we had lunch at Bubba's. Now for those who don't know, Bubba's is a fantastic Bar B Q restaurant out here - sort of synonymous with Jackson Hole. We had a nice sandwich and the waitress brought us a big piece of Chess Pie to share for my birthday. Very Nice!!
By the time we got home and after eating what we felt like had been all day - we settled on our full bed with fruit in hand to watch one of our favorite movies - A Southern Yankee with Red Skelton on the laptop. ( Greg just rolled his eyes I know:)!!
Saturday - June 16, 2012
We are off from work again today and weighed out what we really wanted to do. There is Pow Wow Day in Cody or there is fishing near West Yellowstone. You guessed it - fishing near West Yellowstone. The drive over was really pretty. It is amazing how outstanding the geysers are on a cold morning (30 degrees) We had West Yellowstone almost completely to ourselves when we arrived. Tourist season officially starts next week. After about an hour things picked up, but we enjoyed going in and out of all the stores. We noticed that many of the shops has closed down and had been replaced by new restaurants - really a needful thing there. Bud hit all the Fly fishing stores and I "shopped" in my head for the first pay check we receive - Look out West Yellowstone!!! After lunch and a shared cup of Huckleberry ice cream we started looking for a nice stream to fish. The winds had picked up quite a bit and were gusting pretty briskly. Bud didn't think it was a good idea to try and fight the wind to fish so we took a leisurely trip back to our room stopping from time to time to check out potential fishing spots for fishing in days to come.
Will try to download a few pictures. Still having difficulty. I don't know if it's me or the computer or Google but here goes----------
This is an RV that was looking one way and drifted another way and ended off the side of the road very near Old Faithful. We sat for about 20 minutes waiting for the tow truck to start moving it.
This is one of the fumaroles near Old Faithful. In the coldness of the morning, they all stand out much more clearly
This fellow is one mean looking dude!! After this picture was taken he decided to run a little. There were three motorcycles and the sound of their motors seemed to be irritating to him.
This is a sight we have seen all over the park. Herds of Bison with their new calves. They are so sweet looking and the mom's are so protective.
We are meeting so many new people. We have made friends with a couple of the ladies that Bud works with and with a few of the Security guard. This really is a nice place to work. We ae praying the Lord will allow us to finish our contract time here.
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