In places where seasons are circumscribed by the solstices and the equinoxes, summer doesn't end until September 21. At higher elevations like ours, de facto autumn arrives weeks before de jure autumn.
Here in the Rockies, we've been in autumn for over a week and last night we got our first snowfall on the surrounding peaks. None down here in the valley so far, no telling how long it'll hold off.
We took a drive up the canyon of the Snake to Jackson yesterday. We've both been jonesing for a Billy burger at The Lift restaurant, near Snow King, and were not disappointed.
If you get to Jackson, turn right at Jackson's main intersection - Broadway and Cache - at the Southwest corner of the town square, to The Lift at 645 S. Cache St. Order a Billy burger the way you like it, including somewhat rare if you like them the way we do. Adult beverages are available, enjoy.
The mountain maples have turned scarlet and the aspens are trending to that pure, soft gold that can be so spectacular. Wispy clouds hang in the canyons and the soft hues of a watercolor light the hillsides.
We're reluctant snowbirds, so we'll be gone soon ... normally after the first snowfall on the valley floor.
