We're back and the trip went fine. The roads are all clear and dry now. Driving was fine except it seemed there was a lot more oil field traffic than last week. We took the dogs. They were very good, and took us for plenty of walks.
On the way out the Muddy Speedway you drive right through the middle of a sage grouse lek. The birds were there dancing and strutting in the early dawn. It was a special gift to see them and I received it with joy in the coming spring. They are awesome to watch.
Seemed like two very long days. I feel like we've been gone a week. As predicted it did rain, but always when we were in somewhere and wet when we came out. Joe's laser surgery went really well. We learned more about his eye problems from the Dr. His dry macular degeneration is doing o.k. at present. Joe calls it his molecular disintegration. He got a different prescription for another new pair of glasses, (we just both got new ones about 3 months ago). We saw some friends from Pinedale in the eye doctor's office. Hank had driven Jim down for the laser treatment. Seems like everyone we know goes to this doctor. Sublette County doesn't have a resident eye doctor. Dr. Jensen goes to Pinedale to see his patients there once a month. So Joe's checkup will be there in June.
After lunch at the China Buffet and ordering his glasses Joe went to the motel to watch basketball and I went to Walmart, Penneys and Home Depot. It was a shopping marathon. When I came back Joe got everything in the back of the truck under the tarp and tied down and lucked out that no one stole it during the night. We went next door to the Kentucky Fried Chicken/Long John Silvers for dinner because it was easy.
Joe slept great but I bet I didn't sleep 2 hours the night we were in the motel. Gave myself a manicure and pedicure while I wasn't sleeping, so that is finally done and feels lots better. Got the cold things the second day after Joe's 9 a.m. checkup. We had good Mexican food for lunch on Wednesday and headed home. The ice cream place at Farson has been closed so no cones. Even the dogs know where the ice cream is. So we're stocked up again. Took forever to get it all put away. For once I got nearly everything on my list. We're all glad to be home. Have had house cleaning to catch up and almost 100 emails to do something with and more coming in all the time.
Now with this pet food recall I'm trying to figure out what is o.k. or not to feed the dogs and cats. Think I'll stick with their dry food for a while til they get it all straightened out. I checked the websites and I have some Western Family which is what they sell at Falers. The numbers don't match the lists so I suppose its safe but don't want to take any chances. I'll probably take it back to the store or throw it out. There was no canned cat or dog food for sale in Walmart. It just makes me sick to think of the pets that may die. Now they are saying its rat poison.
The book I got in the mail a few days ago is "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He's from Columbia and the book won the Nobel Prize. So when I saw it on Amazon.com I thought maybe I should read it. I took it to Rock Springs and am really enjoying it, one of those I can't put down. I like it especially for the great way he words his phrases and the story is very imaginative. I've been buying some Nobel and Pulitzer prize winners etc. lately thinking before I get too old I should read some "great" literature. Most are too dense for me, hard to read. I'm plugging along on another one now. "The Known World", so far its pretty boring but did win a Pulitzer prize so maybe it will get better. Must be my non-education that I don't get these prize winners. I really love a good book. My usual reading is Art and Western History, plus I like true adventures better than novels.
Doc's cows came over on Tuesday. Its about a 10 mile or so cattle drive. I didn't see them get here this time, but lately they've been riding ATVs instead of their horses. Guess I can't blame them, but its sure not as romantic or pretty to watch. Now they come over and feed them every morning. The Richie cows came over today. They drive them on this leg about 15 miles. The weather is good right now for new calves. Another sad note (to me) is that they aren't using their big Percheron teams to feed with from the old stacks of loose hay, but have a huge fancy new tractor with an automatic big bale feeder. The times are a-changin'.
The husband of one of my very dear friends passed away on Sunday. They and Joe and I have gotten together as often as we could through the years. I just found out last night.
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