Saturday May 9 2008

Rim Draw

On the Road Again

Hoback River near Bondurant

Cliffs near Hoback Junction

More pictures from yesterday above. There are enough to show some more of them in the coming days.

Curtis and Debbie got up about 4 a.m. and started off on their drive back to Vegas. Debbie forgot her glasses and they had to come back for them - got about as far as Daniel Junction. She had gotten the sheets and laundry together, and I went ahead and started the washer as they left. Then went back to bed until my usual time to get up. They should get there by evening. They wanted to go all the way, and have tomorrow for resting up. And they need that. They sure worked their fingers to the bone here. The week went faster than it seemed possible. Hated to see them leave, and THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE WORK AND HELP. MY HEART IS FULL. Curtis never did get any fishing in, so he'll have to come back and just bring his fishing pole - leaving his tools at home.

Anyway I needed to get my hot pack reheated again and keep it on the arm that had the IV trouble yesterday. It got pretty swollen and is likely to turn black and blue between elbow and wrist - at least it's all reddened today, but the swelling is going down now. Nurse Judy said it would be fine. I'm supposed to elevate it some.

Beverly got up about the same time and headed this way from Vegas to be here the coming week. I called her about 3:30 and she was this side of Kemmerer. She should be here maybe around 5 p.m. or so. We'll just play it by ear what we will do, but she has wanted to see Devil's Tower for a long time. Don't have too much to do before she gets here, except to get the second large load of laundry dried and make a bed, and probably will vacuum and dust. Then the big decision of what to have for dinner.

Lois called last evening and offered some plants from her yard for our new place, lilacs, potentilla, aspens and others. Joe doesn't want anything that needs to be watered, so we're going to have to decide whether to plant them or not. I would like to have the plants, but not sure if it's doable. Boy the stores were full of flowers yesterday in Jackson, for bouquets and planting outdoors both.

We've been seeing the first of the antelope back from their winter migrations - they have been snowbirding too. Well, no more news for now.