Yesterday was the Grand Tentons. They were huge, and still had snow cover. We had to go through the fires of Yellowstone to get there yesterday,but the fires were on the back side of the montain in Yellowstone. There hasn't been any rain here this part of Wyoming since the middle of June, so the area is very dry, not helping the fire fighters fight the fires. On Monday a fire fighter was attacked by a bear while fighting the fire,but he's going to be ok. The fires are forcing all the wildlife further down the mountains, into the more populated areas. It's amazing that these fires never see national news! Due to most areas being less populated but very damaging. Every day brings a new look, it just depends upon the time of day. Unlike wisconsin weather every day begins with the sun shining (no rain mind you...:-) also minus all that great humidity that wisconsin holds. There's so much too see and so little time to absorb it in...Today back at the ranch and I mean that literally...We reside at our temporary home of steve and sherry and dillion bullock...As I'm sipping my morning coffee peering through the kitchen window over looking steves mom and dads beautiful ranch with three trout ponds that lead to each others with a small cabin perched over the biggest...these ponds are just loaded with fresh trout! Then there's the horse barn the houses the many mules and horses that are roaming freely day to day out and about the the ponds or corals. Soon the horses and mules will get their chance to do what they were raised to do here at this ranch in which they will be trailored to the base of the mountains and prepped for the 5 1/2 week mule deer and elk season to begin...Each team; horse and mule, has a captain that if anything should happen in the many trips up the mountains these animals will follow their leader all the way back to this ranch even though they were trailored miles from here steve has assured us they'll come home! That's amazing! So we have to give steve and his parents alot of credit to do this all while tending to their hotels that they own on each end of cody wyoming...Soo by now I'm guessing that your wondering who the heck is writing this blog it just never stops!!! It's not margaret my love of 2 years in which we just celebrated our 2 year anniversary on aug. 4th... It's Tim!...:-P. I used to love to write letters like this to my grandma of the past while I was in the service. Words cannot descride how truly beautiful it is here...Soo on this day we give thanks to steve and sherry and dillon for all the great accomodations they have given us here they are in my mind the greatest people we could have become friends with...We salute them! We still have a couple of days left here and sorrow is starting to set in...I did want to thank another friend from grannys restuarant my friend timmy he has offered us a place to stay at his place ,a car if we need it and today if all goes well a most awesome steak dinner with all the amenities, I just know it's going to be good because his parents own granny's in town, in which tim works most every day for his parents...Stand in line folks the food is always good and verry quick! I'll close with that being said we love it here! So todays going to be a relaxing day. After an average of 10 hours a day on the bike the last few days, we want to relax a little before the long ride home. This has been the best vacation of our life. We've made some great friends while here, I'm already looking forward to next year!
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