A huge amount of hail fell on Lost Creek Ranch on Monday night.  Afterwords it felt like the first November snow.
 
 

At 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Teton County Fire EMS and Forest Service first responders work to contain fire.

View of the Red Rock Fire on Thursday night.  Red Rock Ranch is functioning normally.  It’s quite entertaining to watch the fire flare up and die down from the valley floor.  Kind of like being next to a volcano.
We could use a volcano in Jackson Hole to attract more tourists.  It works great for Cost Rica.  I think a zip line from the top of the Grand Teton to the Top of Sleeping Indian would be a big hit as well.

Great people watching at the Fair. Very colorful scene. Kids love it. Damn expensive though.

The Harry Potter fanatics are going nuts at the Teton Theater.  They started lining up in the morning on Thursday, and now they have reached a frenzy.
 

Stopped into Pinky G’s the new pizza place in the Pink Garter.  Good pizza.  Great atmosphere.  Very promising.
 
 

The National Museum of Wildlife Art is looking disturbingly naked these days.

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Another beautiful day in the Park.

The halcyon days of summer are here.  (If you have time to enjoy them while you’re working your ass off.)  Perfect weather.  Spectacular scenery.  Big traffic jams in the Park as tourists go frantic over animal sightings.  I’m a bit jaded, but I did see something cool – 4 or 5 elk swimming accross Ox Bow Bend.  (My camera’s too wimpy to get an image of that.)

Remote and beautiful.

It was a beautiful afternoon in Buffalo Valley on Wednesday.  I can’t believe it took all the way until the summer solstice for summer to kick in.
As I was walking on the Elk Refuge today it occurred to me that Jackson Hole is my Jerusalem.  Of course Jerusalem is also “my Jerusalem”, but My spirituality has always revolved around the beauty of this valley.  When I think of the good things in life that give me faith I think of Jackson Hole.  I wonder if Miller Butte is my Western …