Weekly Update

Our first week back at the hatchery is history, and we've experienced a little weather that's unusual for us.  We also visited Schwabacker's Landing - known for it's beaver dams - on Tuesday.

We're basically stuck in a weather rut where the highs are in the 40s and the lows are at or below freezing.  Being high elevation and vulnerable to the Wyoming winds, the weather can seem extreme if you're not use to it.  For example, after eating lunch at Signal

Mountain Lodge Monday, we experienced rain, sleet, snow and sunshine - all within an hour of us finishing our lunch.  Kinda unusual for us!

We're staying warm, though.  The hatchery remains busy as it prepares for it's next 200,000 fish eggs to arrive.  We get a few visitors from time to time.  Suppose to have a couple of tours drop by tomorrow (Friday).  The summer parking lot isn't open, yet.  The cooler

weather makes walking from it to the hatchery a little uncomfortable for visitors, so the hatchery is allowing people to continue to park next to the hatchery.  I think the plan is to continue to do this through the Memorial Holiday.

Otherwise, we're doing fine.  We fell into our routine rather quickly which

was somewhat surprising to us.  Within a few days, it was almost like we hadn't left. 

Anyway, that's the week we've had.  Thanks for dropping by and checking up on us.  Until next week, David



Pictures:

Top - a view of the snow that fell early Monday morning.

2nd from top - a warbler drops by

Middle - a Golden-eye at Schwabacker's Landing

Last two - views of the Tetons from Schwabacker's Landing Trail.