Suddenly It Seems Like Winter

Last night we dropped to 29 degrees after the 27 we had on Saturday AM. The highs are only reaching the low 60's, so we are having clear signs of an early winter. The extended forecast has lows at around 22 for this Thursday and Friday. This is the earliest we have seen such weather in all the years we have been coming to this area. I guess as long as we don't get a foot of snow, we can't complain.

We had a very nice dinner last night at The Lift with our friends Ed and Eileen:

They spent the summer in Alaska and raved about the city of Banff that they discovered on the trip back to the lower states. In fact, they liked it so much that they are planning an extended stay there next season. They were very fortunate to have no damage to their Florida home near Orlando. Their daughter has been watching the home and reported only power outages. We spent about 2.5 hours just talking about the year and our experiences. They leave for Florida on Saturday.

Our original plan for today was to drive to Idaho Falls for the last time this season, but we will probably hold off on that trip until next week. We still want to see the Fall colors again this week to see the difference from last week, so we will most likely take that drive sometime today or tomorrow. With the change to winter weather, the colors should be at their peek...