Monday in Idaho Falls

Sorry about missing yesterday, but there were no momentous events, unless you call the Doctor's pronouncement that it will take Margaret 6 weeks to fully recover from this bout of pneumonia! After I put my foot in my mouth, we recovered and decided we can press on with our plan - just modified.

Margaret did not have a session at the clinic today. Tomorrow we go in and see how she's holding up / progressing. If they are satisfied, we will head north. We have modified our plan and will skip north Yellowstone this trip. Instead, we'll take it nice and easy via I-15 and I-90, arriving in Olympia area sometime around the 20th.

Margaret is making progress on a physical basis. After an aborted attempt at Wal-Mart shopping this a.m., she spent the day resting while I did the serious shopping in Home Depot, Target, Albertson's and laundry drop-off. She seems to be in good spirits this evening.

For those of you with a shared sense of humor, I visited QuickSnips (barbershop). Before you wonder why I'd bother, after almost 4 months, the section of my head I can't see (or reach) was getting too long and needed a "professional" touch. The good news (other than they didn't laugh too long when I asked for a haircut) was they had a University of Florida Gator clock on the wall. When I asked, they said they said had several Gator supporters!

I think early Autumn is approaching. It was 47 degrees this a.m. A little chilly. Still in the upper 80's in the late afternoon. Between the altitude (4,800 feet) and the more notherly latitude, it does tend to be cooler here than Salt Lake City. As one local observed, new houses do not include air conditioning. It must be special ordered.

People here are very nice, as they were in Utah. Lots of LDS churches in Idaho Falls including an LDS temple. In case you didn't know - and I didn't - LDS temples are used strictly for special rites and ceremonies. Worship is done in the "regular" churches.

Streets are wide with plenty of beautiful landscaping. Since there is no shortage of water due to the promixity and size of the Snake River, everyone waters profusely and lawns, parks, and parkways are green - green - green. You can tell it's an irrigation thing when you drive out of the communities; all brown - brown - brown.

Hopefully we'll get some good news tomorrow and be able to head on with our adventure. One thing, Margaret probably won't be doing any hurricane / Red Cross thing until October (at the earliest).

Raise a tall cool one to our successful progress.

Regards,
Wayne