We were at the office of the recommended Dentist by about 8:30 yesterday morning. The claim that they took emergencies and that walk-ins were welcome was right on! They were able to take Josie by 10 AM and they did a superb job repairing her chipped tooth. We were out of the office before noon. Not only that, the bill did not break the bank and we were happy to have the perfect fix done for $360. I will say though, this was the most expensive ear of corn we ever purchased. I thought that two ears for 88 cents at the grocery store was expensive, but $360 for this one ear of corn was kind of steep. Maybe we'll have it bronzed or something. It was a good lesson for us to be aware of items being tossed to us at parades.
Our schedule today is to take our planned trip to Yellowstone. We had planned to leave by 7 AM, but it looks like we might miss that departure by a little bit. Josie is packing our picnic lunch and we should be out of here before 7:30.
Here's hoping for a fun day at one of the great locations in the country...
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Monday, July 10, 2017
Hiccup on Days Off
It's a shame that we have to spend our first day off this week looking for a dentist that can fix Josie's broken tooth. We had several suggestions for quick dental fixes by our associates at work yesterday and we will try one that has advertised "Walk-Ins Welcome" and "New Patients and Emergencies Welcome". If we are lucky, it will be done quickly and will be affordable. There are not many options when you have these situations.
Along with taking care of the tooth problem, we will need to get things together for our trip to Yellowstone tomorrow - if we are able to keep that trip on the schedule. Our plan is to take a picnic lunch so that we can stop at one of the many picnic areas in the Park during the day. I always enjoy the trips to Yellowstone and look forward to seeing the many unusual features of that unique park, including the wildlife.
This is our second three-day weekend and we are happy that the schedule now gives us the extra day to enjoy...
Along with taking care of the tooth problem, we will need to get things together for our trip to Yellowstone tomorrow - if we are able to keep that trip on the schedule. Our plan is to take a picnic lunch so that we can stop at one of the many picnic areas in the Park during the day. I always enjoy the trips to Yellowstone and look forward to seeing the many unusual features of that unique park, including the wildlife.
This is our second three-day weekend and we are happy that the schedule now gives us the extra day to enjoy...
Sunday, July 9, 2017
Parade Fallout
As is the case with many parades, our Fourth of July Parade in Jackson included "goodies" being tossed to the crowd by individuals on the floats. Each year, the Jackson parade has candy and other items that are tossed to the crowd - mostly for the kids and for advertising their businesses.
This year, one of the floats had ears of corn that were being tossed into the crowd. Josie was the beneficiary of one of those ears of corn. She, however, didn't make a clean "grab" of the corn and it smacked her on her upper lip as she wrestled it into her hands. She received a small, swollen, black and blue mark on her upper lip as a consequence of her catch. Worse than that, yesterday, a small chip broke off of her front tooth. It was evidently cracked by the "hit" and fell off while eating.
Now, we will have to get her to a dentist on our days off to get the tooth repaired. Hopefully, it can be repaired quickly and without breaking the bank. It's all in the "fun" (?!) of a parade, I guess.
We are enjoying the shorter work schedule so far. Today is our "Friday" and this week seemed to go a lot faster. We still plan on a visit to Yellowstone this week but it will depend on when Josie can get an appointment for her tooth. With luck, it can be done tomorrow...
This year, one of the floats had ears of corn that were being tossed into the crowd. Josie was the beneficiary of one of those ears of corn. She, however, didn't make a clean "grab" of the corn and it smacked her on her upper lip as she wrestled it into her hands. She received a small, swollen, black and blue mark on her upper lip as a consequence of her catch. Worse than that, yesterday, a small chip broke off of her front tooth. It was evidently cracked by the "hit" and fell off while eating.
Now, we will have to get her to a dentist on our days off to get the tooth repaired. Hopefully, it can be repaired quickly and without breaking the bank. It's all in the "fun" (?!) of a parade, I guess.
We are enjoying the shorter work schedule so far. Today is our "Friday" and this week seemed to go a lot faster. We still plan on a visit to Yellowstone this week but it will depend on when Josie can get an appointment for her tooth. With luck, it can be done tomorrow...
Saturday, July 8, 2017
Quick Turnaround
Our one day for the quick turnaround is today. We open this morning after closing last night, so there is very little time to do anything except get ready for work. Thank goodness it is only one time each week that we go through this kind of turnaround. Therefore, there is not much of anything to report.
There is no update yet on any staff changes but they are being worked as I write this. We are anxious to see the final lineup of our staff for the remainder of the summer season.
We are planning our three days off for the upcoming week and one day will include our first visit to Yellowstone for this season...
There is no update yet on any staff changes but they are being worked as I write this. We are anxious to see the final lineup of our staff for the remainder of the summer season.
We are planning our three days off for the upcoming week and one day will include our first visit to Yellowstone for this season...
Friday, July 7, 2017
Switching Days
We agreed to a small change in our schedule yesterday. The new girl on staff - Karen - has a sister that is graduating from BYU next week and will attend those festivities as we agreed to work for her on two of her scheduled days which were off days for us. In return, she will work two of our scheduled days the following week. The end result is that we will work six straight days next week, but we will have five consecutive days off the following week. That is something we have never had and will have to figure something unique to do during that five day period.
There are other minor changes in store for the work staff - none of which will affect us - but we have to wait to see what develops. Right now, we are trying to solidify the staff for the long haul which means removing one of the low performing staff members. Stay tuned for that change. There will always be some drama at the workplace, right?
It is a nice feeling that we only have three more days to go this week. The new, shorter schedule appears to agree with us at this point...
There are other minor changes in store for the work staff - none of which will affect us - but we have to wait to see what develops. Right now, we are trying to solidify the staff for the long haul which means removing one of the low performing staff members. Stay tuned for that change. There will always be some drama at the workplace, right?
It is a nice feeling that we only have three more days to go this week. The new, shorter schedule appears to agree with us at this point...
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Hike at Colter Bay
Our final off day this week was used to visit an area in the northern part of the Grand Teton National Park - Colter Bay. It is a beautiful part of the Park and one we love except for one negative aspect - the services - particularly Wi-Fi and Internet - are sparse and very intermittent. It is, however, a very nice area for outdoor activities including hiking trails.
The hike we took was not especially long - about 2 miles - and not especially difficult as Josie is nursing an aching leg and not able to handle more difficult hikes. It was a beautiful day and our hike produced some nice photos. Below are some of those.
Beginning with the Marina at the Colter Bay Visitor Center and at the start of the trail:
The entire trail was a loop that circled the peninsula where the Colter Bay facilities were located at the edge of Jackson Lake. These shots provide examples of the trail:
The trail runs mostly within view of Jackson Lake and there are many areas where you could walk off the trail to the edge of the lake. These are a couple examples of those areas:
The interesting thing about this area was the high number of folks actually swimming in the water which was very, very cold - like these:
There were also folks that were kayaking and paddling on boards:
There were wildflowers that were growing in the places where the sun was shining in the clearings:
It was a great way to spend our final day of our first three day weekend. We had a terrific Fourth of July and are looking forward to spending more quality time off over the next several months.
It's back to work again today at 11 AM. Ho, hum...
The hike we took was not especially long - about 2 miles - and not especially difficult as Josie is nursing an aching leg and not able to handle more difficult hikes. It was a beautiful day and our hike produced some nice photos. Below are some of those.
Beginning with the Marina at the Colter Bay Visitor Center and at the start of the trail:
The entire trail was a loop that circled the peninsula where the Colter Bay facilities were located at the edge of Jackson Lake. These shots provide examples of the trail:
The trail runs mostly within view of Jackson Lake and there are many areas where you could walk off the trail to the edge of the lake. These are a couple examples of those areas:
The interesting thing about this area was the high number of folks actually swimming in the water which was very, very cold - like these:
There were also folks that were kayaking and paddling on boards:
There were wildflowers that were growing in the places where the sun was shining in the clearings:
It was a great way to spend our final day of our first three day weekend. We had a terrific Fourth of July and are looking forward to spending more quality time off over the next several months.
It's back to work again today at 11 AM. Ho, hum...
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Fourth of July 2017
We had a busy day planned for the Fourth of July. Beginning with the Parade which was scheduled to begin at 10 AM, and ending with a party and the fireworks display scheduled for 10 PM last night.
It had been three years since we were able to go to the parade on the Fourth of July in Jackson. Much had not changed during that time, but some things did change. We took lots of photos during the day and you can see that we had a terrific time.
Starting with the parade photos, we have this scene at the time of our arrival at around 9:30 AM:
We opted to sit in the stands this year. You can see them on the other side of the street on the right in the photo. That was a great location to watch the parade as it was near the end of the procession and it also was the area where the judges stand was located.
It was fun watching the pre-parade festivities. There was a lot of entertainment from the crowd, including this photo of a darling little girl strutting her stuff:
and this plane that flew over the parade site:
We also caught this couple waiting for the parade to begin:
The parade started on time as the color guard came through and we sang the National Anthem:
As mentioned, there were some changes from the last time we attended the parade three years ago. The crowd control was very lax, and you can see from the photos below that the crowd kept getting closer and closer to the floats in the parade to the point where people were on top of the floats:
It was still a wonderful time and the weather was perfect.
The fireworks started about 20 minutes late. We moved our chairs down to the spot where we could get a clear view of the fireworks and at 10:20, they started, and it was a very good show:
All in all, our Fourth of July was very special and we had a terrific time.
Our final day off this week is today, and we are planning some kind of hike. Josie's leg is feeling better today, so we will try to schedule something that isn't too strenuous, but still gets us out and about for the day...
It had been three years since we were able to go to the parade on the Fourth of July in Jackson. Much had not changed during that time, but some things did change. We took lots of photos during the day and you can see that we had a terrific time.
Starting with the parade photos, we have this scene at the time of our arrival at around 9:30 AM:
We opted to sit in the stands this year. You can see them on the other side of the street on the right in the photo. That was a great location to watch the parade as it was near the end of the procession and it also was the area where the judges stand was located.
It was fun watching the pre-parade festivities. There was a lot of entertainment from the crowd, including this photo of a darling little girl strutting her stuff:
and this plane that flew over the parade site:
We also caught this couple waiting for the parade to begin:
The parade started on time as the color guard came through and we sang the National Anthem:
As mentioned, there were some changes from the last time we attended the parade three years ago. The crowd control was very lax, and you can see from the photos below that the crowd kept getting closer and closer to the floats in the parade to the point where people were on top of the floats:
It was still a wonderful time and the weather was perfect.
We had some free time before getting together with our friends for a Barbecue prior to the fireworks. It was a great time and there was plenty of food for everybody. This is a shot of all of us sitting around and having conversation during the evening:
The fireworks started about 20 minutes late. We moved our chairs down to the spot where we could get a clear view of the fireworks and at 10:20, they started, and it was a very good show:
All in all, our Fourth of July was very special and we had a terrific time.
Our final day off this week is today, and we are planning some kind of hike. Josie's leg is feeling better today, so we will try to schedule something that isn't too strenuous, but still gets us out and about for the day...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
