Just Like Home

It is a wonderful feeling to be back here in Jackson where it feels like home. We didn't waste any time getting out to some of the familiar areas. We left our RV at 7:30 AM and drove to Schwabacher Landing that is one of our favorites. These are a couple of shots of the Tetons as they look in all their glory with lots of snow:

By the way, I was in error when I reported the record snowfall in the Jackson hills this past winter at 195 inches - it was actually close to 500 inches from what I was told yesterday. Anyway, these shots were taken from one of our favorite locations along the Schwabacher Landing:

Our next stop was in town where we got our car washed to get rid of all the grime from our days of traveling through snow and then to the Virginian Lodge Restaurant for a great breakfast. Following a stop at Smiths Grocery and a short drive through the streets of Jackson to check out the area, we went back to our RV to try to get more details ironed out on our scheduled repair for Monday. As soon as we arrived back at the Elk Refuge, we saw these sheep - seemed like hundreds of them - strolling along our street:

There was one huge Ram:

and many others that were starting to walk up the hill:

We had never seen so many in one place before and they were all losing their winter coats. It was quite a scene to start off our wildlife encounters for the new season.

I am getting very concerned that we may be stood up for our appointment to replace the water heater on Monday. I left three texts for the repair tech and he acknowledged none of them. I did get the name of another tech from one of our neighbors and also sent him a text explaining our situation and requesting some emergency help. I have not - yet, at least - received any response from him. It is certainly not fun going without hot water.

We had conversations with a couple friends to try and schedule times to have breakfast and/or lunch with them before we begin work on Wednesday. Donna, our friend from the Virginian and Ed and Eileen, our friends from last year who are in the area on the way to Alaska this summer. Lucky them. They sold their motor home and purchased a small R-Pod to travel in.  That will make their journey to Alaska a lot easier.

The priority for today is to make some progress nailing down a firm time to get help for our water heater replacement...