Victor is a small town, just over the state line from Jackson, and is located at the bottom of the Teton Pass that we take each time we travel to Idaho Falls. The other aspect of driving to Victor is that it is the nearest location to buy lottery tickets. Wyoming is implementing the lottery, including Power Ball, next year - but in the meantime, folks that want to play the lottery travel to Victor to buy tickets. So, we could kill two birds with one stone by taking the trip.
There are some wildfires burning in western Idaho and the haze from those fires has reached Jackson. Like last year, the views are becoming cloudy from these fires and are affecting the beauty of the Tetons. We stopped at this pasture along the road to Victor, and just before ascending the pass, to take these shots of the impact of the haze on the mountain views:
We also couldn't figure out what the next step would be for the huge mounds of hay that were scattered around in this pasture. We are used to seeing hay in bails, rather than these huge stacks.
The drive-by on the advertised home was typical of most advertised homes - too good to be true. The home was nice enough, but it was not in the nice, open area with great mountain views that the picture in the ad portrayed. It was surrounded by other homes that all were on about a half acre lot with just ho-hum views. We also picked up a few lottery tickets while in Victor, so the trip was a good break in the week for us.
It's now our first day off and time for the big hike to Josie's Ridge on the mountain top behind us. We are expecting a terrific day, weather wise, and will make sure we have plenty of water and some snacks to take along. Hang on for a report tomorrow on our much anticipated climb up the Sno-King mountain to hike the trail named Josie's Ridge...
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