The Fall colors are just about at their peak right now and the hills were as colorful as we've ever seen them. Josie snapped lots of pictures as we drove over the Teton Pass into Idaho, and below are some of the views of the pretty foliage:
The trip also ended up costing us more than we planned to spend. I dropped Josie off at Walmart to do some shopping and to get her hair done while I took the truck to the dealership for the oil change. As I expected to spend about $100 for the tune up - diesel's cost a lot more than regular gas engines - I didn't anticipate replacing the air filter at $65. It didn't stop there. We have been running for seven years on the original batteries and they were getting to the point where they were about to fail. The truck has dual batteries, so it meant replacing both with high performance batteries - another $300. The total for the day was $480 for what started out to be an oil change. I shouldn't complain though, as the truck has been, for the most part, very dependable. It is now ready for the trip back to AZ except for a full tank of gas.
We made a side trip to Sam's Club to pick up a few items and we headed home at about 4 PM. There were severe weather alerts for eastern Idaho and the Jackson WY area. We drove through lots of rain and thunderstorms on the way home and our rain total at home was almost .5" for the night.
It is again expected to rain today, and this morning is very foggy as Josie goes into work for her first shift of overtime this week. We would like to take another drive through the canyon that we drove through last week, but we may not have enough free time to catch the peak Fall colors this week. What a beautiful time of the year in this area...
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