Touch of Rain

Even though we didn't get any measurable rain, we had a typical Washington morning yesterday. It rained just enough to spot our vehicles and cool things off to where the low temperature for the day was 44. It still climbs into the 80's during the day and the sun eventually came out in the afternoon. We continue to have the smokey haze from all of the forest fires in the area which blocks the view of the mountains. It's a shame for the visitors who will not get very good photos of the area and will leave with a less than fulfilling experience of Jackson Hole.

There is definitely a downturn in the number of guests at the Lodge. We only had 65 check-outs yesterday - vs about 120 when we are full - and that included a tour bus with 24 rooms by itself. Josie and I handled everything without incident or problems and we got home shortly after 3 PM.

We went to the post office to check on mail deliveries that don't contain our PO Box in the address. Josie sent for a book from the Mayo Clinic and it contained just our physical address and hasn't been delivered. It turns out that you need to have both the physical address and the PO Box to have mail delivered to us at the Lodge. We do have both for our normal mail but the post office doesn't have delivery and we always have an employee of the lodge physically pick up the mail each day at the post office. Actually, we haven't seen any mailboxes in front of homes so we are wondering if there is any mail delivery to homes or businesses anywhere in town. In fact, we haven't seen mail trucks anywhere either. The clerk in the post office said that mail would be returned to the sender if it did not contain the PO Box. Sheesh!

This is a day (Tuesday) that we like each week as we have until 3 PM to start work. That gives us a half day to do something and gives us a nice break in the schedule...