Jenny Lake, Hidden Falls, Taggart Lake

Jenny Lake

Hidden Falls

We've had an interesting week.  An lone elk came trotting by the hatchery, head on a swivel, looking a little bewildered as to where all the other elk had gone.  Guess it got a late start!  We've got otters in the hatchery pond - bad news.  Those guys can empty the pond of fish in a week and have been caught in a hatchery raceway in the past.  We worked in a nice hike along the west side of Jenny Lake up to Hidden Falls and returned.  Trails a little busy with all the tour buses that stop at the Jenny Lake area.  We also got a hike up to Taggart Lake, too.  Both these hikes do a nice job of cranking out steps for the fitbit!  And we got a nice visit from an former boss and his family.  He'd read our blog and stopped in the hatchery to see if we were in.  Who knew people were actually reading our blog?

We're in to our third work week and doing well.  Lots of sun the past two weeks.  I've gotten sunburned   

Taggart Lake

through my work shirts.  New experience for me!  I'll never doubt those SPF tags on clothing, again (or the lack of an SPF tag.)

We also gotten below freezing overnight a couple of times, too.  Guess I shouldn't have been surprised, but I was. 

My boss when I retired from federal civil service and his family dropped in to pay us a visit.  They'd flown into Jackson Hole airport and were taking a somewhat long (and I'm sure well deserved) vacation visiting Grand Tetons, Yellowstone & Glacier National Parks.  Sounds like a dream vacation to me!  Hopefully, we get to see them when they return to Jackson Hole to fly home.

So that brings you up to day.  Looks like rain for the coming weekend and early next week.  Not sure how we'll handle that one as one phone app says "light" rain  for the period while another phone app post a weather warning for heavy rain and potential flooding in Jackson, WY for Saturday through Tuesday.  Guess you're suppose to pick the forecast you like and go with it?  Either way, we'll deal with it and try to stay dry. 

Thanks for dropping by and checking up on us.  Until next week, David