Peak Season

There was very little activity at home yesterday as Josie worked on her afghan that she is crocheting while I watched the tape of the final round of the British Open Golf Tournament that was won by Phil Mickelson. I didn't get a chance to watch the live finish to the tournament on Sunday because we went somewhere before work. If anybody else had won, I probably wouldn't have cared to watch the replay. What a class person and stark contrast to Tiger Woods.

The crowds are here at the lodge for the rest the summer. We sold out completely again yesterday, and we had three tour buses. The last of the buses didn't arrive until 10:30 last night, and that is probably the latest that any tour has arrived at the lodge. One of the tour groups - a church group - arrived on a bus from Indiana that drove straight through - a 30 hour trip. The only stop was at a small lake in the Teton National Park where ashes of a congregation member were spread. The entire group leaves on the bus this morning to drive the 30 hours back to Indiana. Now that's a trip!

It is becoming next to impossible to schedule guests for more than a couple consecutive nights at the lodge. The reservations for the foreseeable future have left very little room for multiple night stays. We will be sold out again tonight and also for the rest of this week.

The main activity for this morning before we get ready for work is to drop off my entry at the County Fair. It must be taken between the hours of 11 AM and 6 PM, which only leaves the window between 11 and about 2 PM before we have to get ready for work. It will be interesting to see how this particular cross stitch does in the judging. It is fun to participate in these competitions. I will probably know how it did in the judging by the weekend. Josie wanted to enter a photo of the barn at Mormon Row that she had taken in May shortly after we arrived, but we couldn't get the finishing touches done with the framing in time. That will be for the next Fair.

It is definitely the peak season in Jackson, and we are about half-way through our commitment here at the lodge while enjoying every minute of our time...