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<\/a>Jackson Hole tram<\/p><\/div>\n
Sorry this is late (you weren’t awake anyway!); no I wasn\u2019t off somewhere with Sandra Bullock, she never called, if you can believe that! It\u2019s been a very busy couple of days. Friday we took the tram to the top of the Grand Teton Ski Resort \u2013 visibility was 70 miles! It was spectacular! That evening we went to a dinner show of \u2018Paint Your Wagon\u2019, which was surprisingly quite good.<\/p>\n
The next morning Linda\u2019s sister called from Rochester to let us know that their father, Warren, had had a heart attack the night before. He\u2019s 90 and has had a quadruple by-pass, but has otherwise been in very good health. The prognosis was not good and the doctor\u2019s suggested that the family come as soon as possible. So Saturday morning Linda flew out of Jackson Hole into Rochester, MN. The news is good \u2013 they put in a stent and he is doing miraculously well, in fact went home on Sunday! Linda will be flying back to Missoula, MT on Monday to rejoin us; we\u2019ll pick her up as we\u2019re passing through on our way to Flathead Lake, MT. \u00a0Thanks to those who were aware of this – your prayers worked.<\/p>\n
<\/a>‘Hoodwink Hikers’ at Jenny Lake<\/p><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, the seven of us drove to Jenny Lake, which is named after a Shoshone Indian woman who married an Englishman named Richard “Beaver Dick” Leigh. I\u2019m not making this stuff up! The lake is at the base of the Grand Teton Mountains and spectacularly beautiful and serene. Some took a boat and some of us hiked around the lake to \u2018Hidden Falls\u2019 and half way up to \u2018Inspiration Point\u2019 where we got half inspired to have a wine, bread and cheese lunch on the shores of Cottonwood Creek that flows out of Jenny Lake (apparently the picture is not available at this time).<\/p>\n
<\/a>‘Less-than-faithful’<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Just as exciting to watch<\/p><\/div>\n
After lunch we continued up the road another 50 miles to Yellowstone Nat\u2019l Park where we drove directly to \u2018Old Faithful\u2019 and waited, and waited. As we sat waiting along with a thousand other \u2018tourists\u2019, it took an hour-and-a-half to see this \u2018every 26 minute eruption\u2019 erupt. For me it was like sitting at the roadside waiting for your radiator to explode – it’s hot water and steam coming out of the ground for crying out loud. \u00a0The big deal was that it did it so consistently, it was so regular, predictable . . . faithful! \u00a0Not so much anymore. \u00a0I put a check mark by \u2018see Old Faithful\u2019 and we drove another 30 miles to West Yellowstone where we had dinner around 10:00 p.m. and crashed.<\/p>\n
We’ll be playing around Yellowstone today and then doing a pub-crawl in West Yellowstone – so if I’m late again . . . sorry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Bob Sparrow Sorry this is late (you weren’t awake anyway!); no I wasn\u2019t off somewhere with Sandra Bullock, she never called, if you can believe that! It\u2019s been a very busy couple of days. Friday we took the tram … read more