Walk to Town

We took our first walk into town yesterday for the new season. It has been awhile since we have walked so far, and we both felt a bit out of shape. Our regular walks and hiking trips will have to kick-in now so that it won't be so tough on our legs.

Not much has changed from last year, and we did the stroll around the square and visited all the shops to check out new merchandise. Nothing jumped out at us and said "buy me" so we just enjoyed the walk. The arches still provide a unique aspect of Jackson:

 

The stage is running once again and we caught these shots:

 

 

Notice the trees are all coming out now and we could see a huge change just in the last couple days while the temperatures reach into the high 70's.

It was not a typical day at the lodge last night as we had four tour buses for the first time. They took up most of the rooms and left us with mostly just suites to sell. We came within a couple rooms of being sold out for the first time this season. The last bus didn't arrive until after 10:30 last night which created some logistical problems for us as we were about to close out our shift and start the new one at 11 PM. The last bus was from Joy Holiday Tours and they run only tours for the Chinese. They are a different group entirely from the usual all American groups we are used to. The Chinese go through our coffee and hot water setups like crazy. They all carry thermoses and they fill up when they arrive which requires constant back and forth trips to the lodge kitchen to refill our dispensers. They also complain a lot.

Our Friday is today and we will work our shift alone as Judy - our manager - is still trying to figure out a workable schedule while still being a bit shorthanded. We did last nights' shift alone and it worked out OK. I'll say it again, it looks like an interesting summer ahead...