Thursday, February 18, 2010

Jackson Hole, WY



I'm coming to you live from the Teton County Public Library. John, Butch, and I arrived into Jackson last night around 8:00 PM after driving for just a over 1200 miles from the Twin Cities starting out Tuesday morning and arriving here Wednesday evening. The second day of driving was a bit more harrowing for me because while I was driving John's car we ran into both a thick wall of fog lasting for about 15 miles, and a few hours later blowing snow and ice. When we drove into the fog the temperature was about 33 degrees just outside of Miles City, MT once we got out of the fog near Billings, MT the temperature increased to about 50 degrees, it was so nice out; unfortunately, it didn't last and a couple hours later while going up the mountain the temperature dropped to the low 30s and it started to snow, We had to take a couple alternate routes because the road conditions prohibited trucks and trailers due to the windy and icy conditions in the mountains. We finally made it into town after dark and immediately went to the grocery store where we stocked up on food for the weekend. John prepared a nice dinner and after dinner we all went over to see the new guests cabin. The cabin looks very nice but it's very different from the other cabin modern with light colors and lots of windows. Everyone hit the hay around 11:30.

Today has been full but low key. Butch and John went over to the new cabin first thing and started putting up shades and sorting out some minor details and making lists of things still needed from the hardware store before moving furniture into the house. John seems to have had a slight change of heart about some of his furniture choices because the cabin is so new and modern and the furniture is not. I suggested taking a wait and see attitude. John's friend Bob and his wife Lynn stopped over to see the cabin. They have a place not too far away and have been here for a couple of months since Bob retired from banking. I'm not sure what Lynn does or did for a living, she seems closer to my age and John and Bob have been friends since high school. Gretchen got to the cabin around noon and while she likes the look of the cabin she was horrified by a few of her dad's decorating choices especially the orange kitchen wall and dark blue counter tops:-) I don't really mind the colors but they are a little bright and shocking at first glance. She's also not wild about mismatched colorful knobs and drawer pulls he picked for the kitchen cabinetry. John picked out everything and he's clearly happy with his choices so while it's not my style or Gretchen's he is happy and that's all that really matters.
Butch went to the hardware store and John, Gretchen, and I drive into town for lunch at Shades and now we're all at the library catching up on computer stuff. John is getting internet service at the cabin but it will take at least a week so I won't be able to blog as frequently until the service is installed. Gretchen's friends, Ross and Dan arrive tonight from CO. Tonight we're having a big dinner at the cabin with Bob, Lynn, Butch, Gretchen, Ross, and Dan. Tomorrow and Saturday Gretchen, her dad, and her friends will ski all day and Butch will do stuff at the house and I'll read and relax.

Until my next trip to the library or internet service comes to Phelps Canyon Road, thanks for reading and call me any time over the next 10 days if you start to miss my updates.

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  1. Beauty is always personal so I'm glad John's happy. I'll definitely call because 10 days without an update would really send me into withdrawal.

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