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Heron Pond

This week we spent a day walking from the hatchery down to Jackson - eating ice cream & BBQ while there, and then walking back to the hatchery.  Second outing was an easy walk to Swan Lake & Heron Pond near Colter Bay.  Otherwise, we either talked fish or Donna continued to sand, stain & varnish the bathroom vanity cabinet.  Traffic at the hatchery is beginning to slow.  Even traffic in Jackson is getting lighter.  Weather-wise, overnight temps are beginning to drop into the high 30s at night. 

And, for the first time since owning this trailer, we've managed to have mice decide they want to live in the trailer.  So far we've caught three over the last two weeks.  They're cute, but extremely destructive if left unchecked.  I don't recall any of us having a problem with mice last year, but then we also had a fox hang out around the hatchery's housing  area all summer.  Now it seems as if we all have mice.  Even Liz's cat - an older cat that never catches mice - caught a mouse.  We're keeping traps out and since yesterday, trying a peppermint/cinnamon scented spray to confuse the mice.  Don't know if the spray will work, but the trailer smells like Christmas.

That catches you up for this week.  We're fine.  Thanks for dropping by and checking up on us.  Until next week, David