The leaves of the deciduous trees and shrubs are turning gold, some so bright you'd swear they have an internal light source. Jackson Lake is down a few feet, but not so much as to make the three marinas unworkable. We took several nice walks, including one we like very much to the point that encloses Colter Bay. The views from there across the lake toward Mount Moran are amazing.
We arrived on Thursday afternoon and the RV park was full, luckily we had reservations. When we left today the park was still full. We suppose the retired set go traveling after Labor Day when the folks with children have gone home. Also, the price drops after Labor Day which is another encouragement.
The economy is in the pits and yet the RV park is full of relatively expensive units that get poor mileage, most of which are hundreds of miles from home. One thing about being retired, unemployment isn't a threat to us, we're already there and loving it.
As I walked over to put our trash in the bear-proof dumpster this morning, I was within 20 feet of three deer. Yesterday afternoon driving to Jackson for one more famous Billy burger, we saw a herd of maybe 50 pronghorn, also known as antelope, and known by the Wyoming folks who hunt them as "goats."
Why "goats?" The best we can figure it's because killed and skinned out, pronghorn and goats look about the same. The animals certainly don't behave the same or look the same with their skins on, and I doubt that they taste the same.
We were camped in the trees so had no TV reception. Anticipating this, we'd brought along DVDs of movies we've enjoyed. Friday night we rewatched the first two movies in The Librarian series, a couple of action/comedy films. Saturday night we rewatched the two Men in Black films, which are also a mix of comedy and action. Another thing we sometimes watch in the RV is episodes of the TV space western Firefly, or the film Serenity which features the same characters.
We 'discovered' a semi-hidden facility maintained jointly by the University of Wyoming and the National Park Service. It's down a one-lane road to the north of Leek's Marina. Talk about a gorgeous setting, and very out-of-the-way, too. It reminds me of the Caribou facility that Pacific Gas & Electric maintains up a canyon north of the Feather River Highway, CA 70. What a great place to hold a retreat.
