Fall Colors

It was another beautiful, clear day. Even though it went down to 29 degrees the night before, we brought in the plants and put them back out early in the morning. We decided to take a short drive to the Hoback Canyon which is the area along the Snake River on the way to Alpine where we had our whitewater float trip back in June. Last year, we drove through this area about a week earlier and saw some beautiful fall colors. This year, we may have missed the peak of the fall colors in the canyon, but they were still nice.

The drive from Jackson to the canyon turnoff was full of mostly yellow trees (aspens) that are in the peak of their fall colors:

Once we reached the canyon, the colors were there, but it seems like we may have missed the peak by about a week. The red bushes that were vibrant last year, were starting to turn brown which disappointed us. Here are some shots of the fall colors in the canyon:

Even though the reds are visible, they are pale in comparison to last year.

We still enjoyed, as always, the drive through this canyon along the Snake River. The timing was perfect for this rafting trip on the river which is the same one we took, months earlier:

The river is a pretty sight, and these shots are just a couple of the Snake River:

I wanted to transfer our bike rack from the truck to the fifth wheel earlier than usual since I wanted to make sure we didn't need any extra parts that may have to be ordered before we leave. The transfer was smooth and there are no additional parts required:

It is now ready for the bikes and for travel to AZ in October.

The final activity yesterday was another short drive last to the location in the Tetons where we thought the sunset might create a better picture than we had from Thursday night. The picture was nice, but still not what we had hoped:

 

 

We did, however, get a good shot of the Sleeping Indian at sunset which highlighted the Indian:

 



 

 

That wound up our two days off this week. There are only two more days of free time until we head out on the 2nd of October. Actually, there are 8 days of work at the lodge remaining, and they will fly by, I'm sure...