Time sure can fly. Hard to believe that July is half over, let alone that it is 2021!!! We have remained busy this month with more Shop projects and more eastern visitors.
We took a break from the Shop this month and did some local touring with our eastern friends. We took a chair lift at the Grand Targhee Ski Resort in Alta, Wyoming. Keith, Michelle and Jim ride the quad-chairlift below.
We captured a hero shot at the top, the Teton Range in the background.
Our mountain selfie.
Can't get enough of this view!
More groupie, LtoR: Gari, Keith, Michelle, Jim
The gang's all here!
The cliff in the foreground below is the spot of the highest ski jump world record.
https://youtu.be/-RYkapHBVs8
Going down toward Mollie's Saddle for a closer view of the Tetons.
We made it to the saddle; just look at that view!
An artsy shot..
Sisters from another mother.
A little scaffolding work in the Shop. We are installing steel for the ceiling covering. We finished the wall sheathing this month. We went with OSB for the walls. It was easy to install and we can screw and nail directly to it for hanging various things to the walls.
Troy worked our front driveway this month. After finishing the pad in front of the Shop last month, he adds 4 inch slag for the base of the driveway in the shot below.
Troy finished off the driveway with a light covering of 3/4" crushed stone. When the higher clay content 3/4 is available, he will finish off the final layer. Always waiting for some material on this project,
We took a short trip to the Lunch Counter to watch the Snake River rapids action. The Lunch Counter is the name of the flat rocks you can walk along on the side of the river, as seen below. A raft barrels through the rapids.
The waves generated by the rocks and steep fall attract surfer dudes.
Surfer Dude's dog watched his Surfer Dude Master patiently from the Lunch Counter.
Sometimes a raft and a surfer navigated the same wave...
Even a few kayakers surfed the waves.
No visit is complete without a quick trip to Falls Creek.
Looking upstream the view is sensational, but today there is considerable smoke from the Oregon and California forest fires occluding much of the distant view. That's the way it is in the west.
Keith climbed down into the cave underneath the falls to get a few photos.
We went past the Eagle Rock Fountain during a day in Idaho Falls. This huge sculpture sits in the middle of a traffic roundabout.
Michelle and son Keith at Eagle Rock Fountain.
The gang at the Riverwalk in Idaho Falls.
Steve and Keith on the potato bench. That thing was HOT, a real hot potato! We jumped up immediately after the picture!
Keith and Steve went kayaking on the Teton River. This was a first for us. We saw trout and will have to go back and try our luck fishing.
Snacks in the Shop, a daily event.
Breakfast of Champions, Calf Liver.
And a parting shot of Gari up on the scaffolding again, now over 2/3rds finished with the ceiling steel. We are hoping to finish the ceiling this week and then we can start getting the Shop contents organized next weekend if things continue to go well.
