Trumpeter Swans

Our week kicked off at 7 AM yesterday and it was again an indication of the slowing pace. There were only about 80 checkouts and except for the enjoyable conversation with Donna, was a slow day.

There was an ad in the local paper for properties - cabin sites and 2-5 acre parcels - that were available just outside of town to the south, so we were anxious to see them after work and find out what kind of enormous price they were asking. It was kind of a joke as we approached the "ranch" and a guard came out to greet us. He said there was no one in the sales office, handed us a small post card with a small amount of information and asked us to call the name on the card. We asked if we could drive through the area to check out the properties and he said no, that it was very exclusive, and we would need an appointment. Forget that place. If it is so exclusive so as to not allow potential customers a chance to see the area without a salesman, we wouldn't want to live there. Not that we were seriously looking anyway.

There was a Preserve nearby that we had visited briefly on another occasion. It was an area devoted to the care and breeding of trumpeter swans. It is a very nice area at the edge of town:

Most of the swans were out of view when we arrived there but we were able to capture these photos of the few that were visible:

It's nice to see some land being put to this noble cause for the shrinking population of the trumpeter swans.

Today should be pretty close to the same kind of activity as yesterday, but we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel as we approach our final month in Jackson Hole...