As “snowbirds” the DrsC regularly flee the high country at this time of year, and go where the snows of winter are found mainly atop high mountains. We just completed that trip, uneventfully.
It is fun to see 80 mph speed limits posted on the ID and NV interstate highways. Towing an RV we don’t do 80, we try to hold it down to 70 until we reach CA where the max posted speed for any towed rig is 55 and by convention we can “get away with” 60.
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When we left WY, the aspens were in full gold glory, while the bluish-red maples were mostly gone. Most days were pleasant, but the nights were going below freezing.
By dropping roughly 6000 ft. in altitude we effectively went backwards from high country late autumn to low country early autumn - very few deciduous trees here are anything but green. We’ll get our autumn leaves in late November. That’ll also be our first frost, if the year runs true to form.
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We noticed that, as we drove west, we saw more and more people wearing masks even when walking outside alone. You don’t see that much in the Rockies, except in chi-chi, touristy Jackson where Teton County has a “wear your mask” law and electric signs as you enter town reminding you to mask up.
Speaking of Jackson, the famed “Billy burger” there is no more. The family which owned the series of restaurants which produced ‘em - Billy’s and then The Lift - has apparently retired. I wonder if the pandemic was the impetus?
We’ve found another burger purveyor we can recommend - Liberty Burger - located on Cache St. just a half block north of the town square. Very decent burgers, excellent shoestring fries, and a nice waitstaff. Their onion rings look spectacular but are in fact bland compared to, say, Outback’s “bloomin’ onion.”
