Still needing a headlight, we took off for Livingston. We stopped in Gardner at an auto repair place just in case, and sure enough they were able to replace both headlights. We drove on to Livingston for a few items, one being an egg crate topper for my bed and cheap hairspray among others.
The ride is beautiful (I'm posting pictures). They were doing road work this trip and we had a little delay - spoke with an interesting "flagman". I'll let you determine" interesting"...just let me say that he has probably spent too many cold days out in the weather and then too many hot days in the sun!!
There is a wonderful little restaurant in Livingston - "The Homemade Kitchen" - everything is like the name says - Homemade. Soup, salad, sandwiches (homemade bread) desserts. Cash only!! So, I took a little walk to the ATM - just a few doors down. Rained on the way back - actually stormed. High winds and small hail - weather turned cool - uh, cold!! 27degrees was the low on Wednesday night.
We have new kitchen help - one of the cooks was going to leave because the Head Chef sounds like a drill sergeant, but he has changed his mind for now. Everything seems to have settled down. Anyway, there is John the head chef, (does a very good job). He is a widow of 5 years. Vicky the baker and assistant cook. She is a widow of 3 years. Andrew, the second assistant. He is a single Afro-American from Southern California. And now,TJ, a server and dishwasher from Oregon.. He is young and is very glad to have a job. Hope they all stay. It seems like a good team.
There is an intestinal virus in the park brought in by a tour bus 2 weeks ago. It is the Noro Virus. We understand the outbreak has been on the news. It is rampant in the Xanterra group so strict hand washing in observed and our food is being served to us, cafeteria style instead of buffet.
Beautiful female Elk
at Mammoth Hot Springs
This is some of the road equipment we see everyday at Tower. The other day one of the construction workers came in and we visited for a few minutes. He told us that one evening a big black bear came down and found himself a nice soft spot in a ditch they had dug and took himself a little nap. Of course, all the work stopped for a little while until the nap was over.
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