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Guess What’s Coming to Dinner

08 Tuesday Dec 2015

Posted by June in Events, Food, Humor, Places, Restaurants

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So there we were, enjoying the company of friends, dining in the wonderfully rustic Old Yellowstone Garage restaurant, consuming delicious food, when all of a sudden this horrific boom startled everyone clear into next year.   First we all looked at each other, then around the establishment, when lo and behold, we spied a bumper where it shouldn’t be.  Sure enough, a truck had tried to come to dinner via a window – where four people were seated!

It was quickly obvious that no one was hurt, although the other man at our table announced that if anyone was, he was a lawyer (he wasn’t)!  There were uneasy chuckles throughout the restaurant as staff began to handle the situation.

We all soon relaxed and resumed our activities, realizing we’d just had what would ordinarily be a once in a lifetime experience.

Oddly enough, the same thing recently happened at Tootsie’s Pizza, another restaurant we frequent here in Star Valley, only that vehicle tried to enter through the log walls and shut the business down for a week or so

One tends to think at times of what could go wrong-  like when dining in the Space Needle at Seattle – one of my favorite life memories.  The dining room on top turns one full revolution per hour and we were there at sunset. The big plus was that all of our children were still living at home. It was simply a glorious evening.   It would have been a bit difficult for a vehicle to enter that restaurant – but an airplane gone awry might have!

Now it might be a stretch to say that our presence caused these two incidents, but a friend of ours said that if she drove up to a restaurant and Bob and I were there, she was leaving!

 

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Chief Washakie

25 Friday Oct 2013

Posted by June in Blog, Events, History, Jackson Hole Wyoming, Places, Tetons, Wyoming

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Chief Washakie, History, Indians, Wyoming towns

We went road trippin’ last Sundaythrough Jackson Hole, DuBois, Ft. Washakie, Lander, South Pass and back home. Whew! It was a beautiful,066

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Saying Goodbye to Summer

19 Saturday Oct 2013

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changing seasons, deer, fall, fall colors, Nature, seasons

We tangled with a deer recently so my car has been in the shop while the fall colors were at their best. I did find a few at a golf course. Wyoming transitions fast (except for winter…), and this year it seemed like a switch was flipped: one day it was still summer – the025

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Dialing the Remote

14 Monday Oct 2013

Posted by June in Blog, Events, Humor

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aging, hearing, Humor, seniors

Ah, the joys of growing older. I used to joke that we knew we’d arrived when we were offered senior discounts at restaurants without asking. We just laughed about it – now it’s not so funny.

Weird conversations due to our hearing don’t seem nearly as comical as they used to. The volume bar on our television is a mile long on the low side now and almost nothing on the loud. Having to find the phone via the locater is commonplace; trying to find what Continue reading →

Ready or Not – Winter’s Coming

06 Sunday Oct 2013

Posted by June in Blog, Events, Jackson Hole Wyoming, Nature, Wyoming

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Autumn leaf color, Recreation, Travel, United States

We went for a drive today but the colors weren’t quite as far along as we thought they would be. That’s okay. It gives us an excuse to go again next Sunday. It is so beautiful here,002

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Rainy Days and Mondays, and Tuesday’s, and …

05 Saturday Oct 2013

Posted by June in Blog, Events, Humor, Nature, Places, Wyoming

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backpacking, Events, Humor, Nature, rainy days

While our children were growing up we often went backpacking in the Wind River Mountains near Riverton, Wyoming. It was something we all enjoyed doing. Bob continued the tradition with our grandson.

I recall a trip they took in 1997. Shelby was 15. It was during our vegetarian phase which I hadn’t completely bought into and Shelby certainly hadn’t. When they left I fixed myself a pot of ham and beans – something I felt was much tastier with meat than without.

They hiked back about eight miles Continue reading →

Josie Bassett Morris

30 Monday Sep 2013

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History, pioneer, women

My husband, son, and grandson recently went on a camping trip to Dinosaur National Park near Vernal, Utah. I thought Josie’s story was interesting. Somewhere they read that she had been married and divorced five times! I guess she decided she’d had enough of that and established a home of her own. She lived to be 90!015

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Sunset in Wyoming

09 Monday Sep 2013

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evening, Nature, sky, sunset in wyoming, sunsets, twilight, wyoming

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  • Come Back Cataract

    08 Sunday Sep 2013

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    Humor

    I recently had cataract surgery. I kinda got the idea that I needed to do that when I kept tripping over the dogs. They objected to that rather strenuously. I mentioned to a friend of mine that I had a cataract and he replied, “Cadillac? I thought you had a Jeep.” Ah, the joys of growing old!
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    Buffalo Bill’s Pahaska Tepee

    05 Thursday Sep 2013

    Posted by June in Blog, Events, History, Places, Wyoming, Yellowstone Nat'l Park

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    Bill Cody, Buffalo Bill, Buffalo Bill Cody, Cody, hunting lodge, Pahaska Tepee, Smithsonian Institution, United States, Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park

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    The lodge was surrounded by porches on the north, south, and east. Bill’s suite was over the east porch. There were six more bedrooms and two bathrooms on the second floor, with seven additional rooms on the first level. A kitchen and dining area was added in 1920. It is now open for tours and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and List of Registered Historic Places in Wyoming.
    Also visit http://www.wyolifestyle.com/Current%20Issue.html page 8 to see my article on The Irma Hotel, an American Landmark built by Cody.

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