A Sad Event at Work

It should have been a normal work day last night with 46 cabins to sell and about 15 reservations coming in. It started out that way, but at around 5:30 PM someone poked her head into the office and yelled for someone to call 911 because a gentleman was having a seisure out front. We immediately called 911 and went out front to see what was happening. There was a man lying on the ground under our office window, and someone was already performing CPR on him. He was a rather large person and looked to be around 55 years old. The Medics showed up in about 10 minutes - way too long, I thought since they were only coming from just down the street - and they also tried to revive him before taking him off in the ambulance. It appeared that they may have briefly revived him, but we were told later he passed away. He was part of a tour that was staying at the Holiday Inn next door and his wife rode the ambulance with him to the hospital. It is said that her children will be flying in this morning from Florida and they obviously have to leave the tour and stay in Cody to make arrangements for a funeral - someplace. What a horrible ending to a vacation for that couple. We never know when it's our turn.

We have most of our arrangements made for our weekend off this week. Josie and I both have made arrangements for people to cover for us so we can take an extra day off - Wednesday - to go to Jackson and the Tetons. Karen and George are also taking Wednesday off, but they are traveling to Rapid City SD to visit some friends that are staying there. We found a hotel that is 37 miles from Jackson, The Quality Inn, in Rexburg, ID, that is part of the Choice Hotels employee discount program and we will stay for $55. Much better than the $150 per night rooms we were looking at in Jackson. We will spend Wednesday and Thursday morning in the Jackson area and the Grand Tetons, and then head to Riverton, WY, again for Thurdsay night. We will stay in the Holiday Inn there where we stayed previously, and yes, we will do the casino one more time before we leave this area. I'm sure we will also stop in Thermopolis and do the Mineral Hot Spring again on the way home on Friday. It should be a fun weekend.

We had some rain yesterday afternoon and evening - a total of over .5", but it is sunny once again this morning. The temperature has also cooled to the mid 50's this AM, but it is very comfortable. Until tomorrow...