Great Night at the Bar-J

We watched the clock most of the day yesterday to get through our "Friday" of the work week. There was a presentation - as there is every Tuesday at the Visitor Center - of birds that are common in the Jackson Hole area. These shots were taken during one of our breaks and shows a couple of the birds that were there:

These presentations are well attended by the visitors and are very educational.

The main event yesterday was our dinner and show scheduled with our visiting friends, Eileen and Ed Ortagus from Florida. They have never been to the Bar-J Chuckwagon and we wanted to share one of our favorite activities in Jackson. We knew they would enjoy the dinner and show and that is exactly the way it turned out.

We picked them up at their camp-site at 3:15 (following our workday) in order to arrive at the Bar-J early enough to get in front of the line for when the doors opened at 5:30. That is a necessary step to secure the best seating for the dinner and show. This is a shot of us sitting on the bench in the waiting area:

The time went very fast as we enjoyed conversation with all the folks that were sitting around us waiting for the opening.

We went through the process of checking-in, getting our table assignment (B2, up front), and ordered our meals. The next step was to place something at our table to reserved our place while we walked around the grounds to see the Bar-J amenities. Our jackets were placed at our table to reserve our spot. The time spent before the meal was occupied with conversation and a chance to get a couple other photos:

This one of the two ladies:

and this one of the cook grilling the steaks for the night:

The cook provided samples of the steaks to all onlookers.

These shots are of our group at the table:

And of the performance:

It was a typical, fantastic performance by the group and our friends thoroughly enjoyed the evening. They are driving to Yellowstone today to spend the day and we plan to get together again before they leave the area on Sunday....