About One Week Early

Our drive through the Hoback Canyon yesterday to see the Fall colors was about a week early. There were some nice colors, but the aspens have not reached their bright yellow color yet. There were lots of oranges and some red, but in one week this drive should be spectacular. We did get some pretty good shots of the early color changes. Below are some of these:

The Snake River was also about as low as we have ever seen it:

While driving through the canyon, Josie mentioned that she would like to drive to Rexburg again to see the countryside that was covered in the heavy haze last week. Along that drive, we spotted several osprey nests on power poles. One of them had a chick - waiting for mama - that was visible as you can see in this shot below:

It turned out to be a full day in some very nice weather, driving through some very nice countryside.

While watching the news updates yesterday AM on the Hurricane damage, it was confirmed that the Big Pine Key probably sustained the most damage of all the Keys. It was virtually destroyed and will take years to recover. We have such great memories of our time there. We also heard that the total damages from the hurricane will total around $92 billion. Unbelievable.

Many of the areas - on the west coast, at least - did not receive the anticipated damage thanks to a shift in the storm track as it moved north from southwest Florida. Our friends that were going to head home to Ft Meyers heard that their home was not seriously damaged, so they will stay for the rest of the season. Also, we heard from our friends - Ed and Eileen - and instead of heading directly to their home in the Orlando area will stop by and visit us here sometime this week. So, there was some good news.

Our final day of "our" weekend is today and we will spend it doing our chores around the RV. Oh, we do have a dinner date with some friends and coworkers that we will meet at 5 PM tonight at a place we have not eaten before - the White Buffalo...