Grand Teton National Park: This is our first trip with the new RV and there are the normal “teething problems” associated with a new vehicle or house (a travel trailer is both, of course). We plan to get them looked at en route in ID where we bought it when we leave WY later in the week.
Here in the mile-high Rockies the onset of autumn means it could snow anytime, though not necessarily in the next week. Knowing that, it is time to head west to our spring and fall quarters in NorCal. As snowbirds, when the snow flies, so do we.
It’s common for WY year-rounders to say they wish they could go with us. In retirement many do just that - spend half year in WY and the cold half in AZ, NV, TX, or CA. A few end up in southern UT around Saint George, which wags call “Mormon Palm Springs.”
Our place in NorCal is in the foothills of the Sierras. We often observe there are beach people and mountain people, we’re the latter obviously. Flat country just isn’t scenic to our eyes. The year we spent in the greater Dallas area left us homesick for mountains.
School has been in session for a month and the Colter Bay RV Village is still full, even with nights going below freezing. The booming economy has people taking vacations and visiting the national parks.
Like it or not, it’s my opinion President Trump gets credit for the good times, not President Obama. I don’t remember Trump saying 2% growth is “the new normal,” Obama memorably did.
