Friday September 14 2007

Tie Hack History Site - Where Railroad Ties Came From


Desert Dog....."SCARY, MOM!!! "

Green River Lake

Amigo and Sparky - Finally Friends

Green River at the Outlet

End of a Perfect Day

Up early and preparing to take a day sightseeing on the Upper Green. Waffles, sausage and eggs for breakfast. Did dishes and vacuumed. Told Joe we'd be back tonight and loaded up Betty and I, and Sparky, Raven and Amigo. We were out of here by about 10 a.m. Stopped in Pinedale for gas. Next door was Callaghan Cabinets where they sell some appliances, so I inquired about what brands they carry. Right there they have very high end brands Viking and Wolf, and she gave me the card of a place in Jackson which carries a bunch of brands and will come and install them, take the old stuff away and do any maintenance. Their store is in Jackson. Took Betty into our newly remodeled bank to show her the artwork they had there, which is quite impressive, all Western paintings.

We made it up to The Place right about noon where we planned to have some lunch. Fortunately they were open or we would have been out of luck for food any where else. Drove along the Green River, stopping to read historical signs and do a lot of photography along the way. I had hoped the fall colors would have changed more, but they had begun. We stopped to take a picture and identify some ducks, and Betty said "What's THAT!!" There was a quite large bull moose and I did manage to get half a dozen pictures of him. Betty was clicking, but she didn't get any picture of him taken. I told her she had buck fever. HA! We were also lucky to see some swans on the river both coming and going. On up to the Green River Lakes. We were fortunate they had graded the road about a week before, as I had been hearing how rough it has been. I couldn't tell it had been worked that recently, so imagined that either my car rode really well or everyone else was a bunch of sissies.

We walked the dogs several times along the way, and had a good time at the lake. Raven and Sparky went right in swimming. It probably was the biggest water that Raven had ever seen in her life. Amigo was wandering along and all of a sudden seemed to become aware of the water ....and the waves. He was a hoot, telling us water had never done that before. So we got a good laugh about him making a new discovery. By the time we left he seemed comfortable with the big water coming after him. Back down the way we came. We stopped at The Place again for ice tea to go and went back into town. It had begun to be stormy coming down from the mountains, and got windy with showers.

We stopped in the library to see an exhibit of aerial photographs of the Upper Green and Wind Rivers, and they had taken it down early so we were disappointed. But there was another exhibit - the theme of the show is Between Fences, and the presentation of “Fence Posts”, a community art exhibit each one decorated by a different person, Several people I know had decorated fence posts in creative ways to show how communities can raise or eliminate barriers (I think). I was looking for Charm's but she told me later she hadn't delivered hers yet. Then to Falers for groceries and home. Joe had fixed himself some leftovers. We unloaded and put away the groceries and Betty and I heated up chicken enchiladas in the microwave with a salad. Then downloaded my photos - 89 today - and looked at them on "slide show". At home we had a beautiful double rainbow (twice) and nice lighting as the sun set. About 8 the thunder and lightning started again and we heard rain on the studio roof. I hope we get some nice moisture out of it.

The article came out in the Sublette Examiner newspaper for the art show in the barn, and it was nice, but no pictures with it. I guess she didn't get them soon enough and it was too close to the deadline.