![\"snake](\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snake-river.jpeg\")
<\/a>Rafters on Snake River<\/p><\/div>\n
It was my favorite kind of flight from Long Beac<\/strong>h to Salt Lake<\/strong> \u2013 uneventful. Back to Long Beach for a moment; for those who might be looking to fly into Southern California<\/strong> and find LAX<\/strong> too busy and Orange County<\/strong> too expensive, try Long Beach Airport<\/strong>, it\u2019s a great little airport half way between the two. OK, enough of the travel tips. Mark & Kathy picked us up in Salt Lake<\/strong> and we took the \u2018long way\u2019 (Hwy 89) to Jackson Hole<\/strong>, Wyoming<\/strong> which is what I would recommend for anyone making that trip unless you love driving on Interstate freeways. OK, that’s my last travel tip. \u00a0Highway 89<\/strong> is resplendent with spectacular scenery through Logan Canyon, Bear Lake<\/strong> and along the Snake River<\/strong> into Jackson Hole<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Where Sandra and I met<\/p><\/div>\n I had last been to Jackson Hole<\/strong> some 44 years ago . . . it\u2019s changed a bit, me too. The town is built around the \u2018Town Square\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>(When I was last here the Town Square, was<\/em> the town), and is filled with outdoorsy and cowboy kinds of shops – if you’re looking for a cowboy hat, this is the place! \u00a0It is apparently not the place for fine dining, unless you consider Buffalo Burgers gourmet. But we managed to secure a second story balcony table at the Town Square Tavern<\/strong> that afforded us a panoramic view of the Town Square where we enjoyed a nice dinner as a beautiful evening settled over the town.<\/p>\n Sandra, on a rare occasion when she wasn’t looking at me<\/p><\/div>\n It was apparent from outward appearances that \u2018The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar\u2019<\/strong> was \u2018the\u2019 place to be after 9:00 p.m. in Jackson Hole<\/strong>, and this seemed like the perfect spot for Linda to keep her promise to several lady work colleagues to bring them back a cowboy. \u00a0We headed there after dinner and had just settled into a table next to the dance floor when the band was playing and when a group of eight young ladies came in and took the table next to us. After way too long a wait without a drink, the server came over to us and apologized and said that she had to take care of the ladies next to us first as the group included Sandra Bullock<\/strong> and comedienne Chelsea Handler<\/strong>. She told us not to look over there, which we did. \u00a0I looked straight at Sandra Bullock, who was sitting no more than 10 feet from me and she was looking straight back at me, smiling. I smiled back and looked away, as did she. For the next 30 minutes or so I tried to stay engaged in our table’s conversation, but I was unnerved as every time I looked over Sandra\u2019s way, she was looking at me. At one point I thought she kind of motioned me to ask her to dance, but I wasn\u2019t certain and when I told Linda she reminded me that I didn’t know how to do those ‘western dances’; which had never stopped me in the past, but I acquiesced\u00a0. After about 30 minutes, Sandra and her group finished their drinks and got up to leave. I swear that as Sandra was leaving she put her thumb to her ear, her little finger to her lips and mouthed, \u201cCall me.\u201d I obviously was flattered, but of course didn\u2019t have her number and wondered if she was going to leave it with the hostess to bring over to me later.<\/p>\n Chelsea, who never looked at me<\/p><\/div>\n OK, none of this really happened except the part that Sandra Bullock and Chelsea Handler came in and sat at the table next to us; my imagination sort of took over from there. I did manage to sneak this picture of Ms Bullock and will be calling TMZ later to see if they want to buy it.<\/p>\n Stay tuned.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Bob Sparrow It was my favorite kind of flight from Long Beach to Salt Lake \u2013 uneventful. Back to Long Beach for a moment; for those who might be looking to fly into Southern California and find LAX too … read more<\/a><\/a><\/a>