Canyon Drive

We had heard that the Fall colors were beginning to show their beauty in the Canyon, so we took a drive south toward Alpine and through the Hoback Canyon. It did not disappoint as the reds and oranges were almost at their peak Fall color. These are a few of the shots (out of many) that we took on this drive:

After arriving in Alpine, we chose to return via the Palisades Reservoir route that goes north to Swan Valley, Victor, ID, and over the Teton Pass to Jackson. This drive was as good as, or better than, the Canyon drive and we took many more shots of the beautiful hills with all the Fall colors:

As we were driving toward Victor, we came upon this operation where sheep were being separated to be sent to market while others were being sent into the wooded area off to the side. These photos show the operation that was almost completed by the time we arrived at the spot:

They were sending all the sheep that had "speckles" on their face into the truck in the far right in the upper photo. They told us that there had been several trucks that were already sent out.

The drive ended as we drove over the Teton Pass and we got another shot of our favorite sign overlooking Jackson Hole:

Our managers at work told us that the colors actually haven't peaked yet, and that another trip next week would be even prettier. We hope to take the drive again next week to see.

Our reservations were made this morning for our first night out of Wyoming on our trip back to AZ which will be at the Deer Creek State Park in Heber, UT, where we stayed on our trip up in May and liked so much. We also made our flight reservations for Chicago, which will be on Oct 22 with a return flight on Oct 29. We are looking forward to that trip and going to another of Austin's games at Western Michigan on the 25th.

Our Friday is today and we will only have one full day off together each week for the rest of September as Josie will work overtime shifts on Friday and Saturday AM. The end is in sight...