Swan River

On Sunday evening we took a walk along the Swan River.  The river was smooth as glass.

We walked down to the dam across the river.  After the dam the water was no longer smooth.

We watched an osprey sitting in a tree watching the river.  Suddenly it dove straight into the water.  The prey must have been a slippery fish because the bird came up empty handed.  There was a young osprey sitting in a nearby nest that kept peeking out.

Jewell Basin

After water skiing on Monday, Jeremy, Julie, Mickey, Bob and I drove to Jewell Basin.  It started out as a warm afternoon.  I didn't get a longways up the trail; Bob went much further.  The others went all the way to the top.

View from near the top.  Echo Lake and Flathead Lake way down below.

It was raining by the time everyone got back down.  

We went out to Topo Cantina for Mexican food for supper.  On the way home the sun looked bright orange (from the forest fire smoke).  I tried to get a picture of it but the orange wouldn't show up.

Coming Back to Lethbridge

We left Echo Lake this morning and drove through the clouds over the pass.  It wasn't too bad when we left.

It was starting to get foggy.

Here we are lined up to go through the construction in the fog.

Bob was happy that the Model T Club had a tour over the pass.  This one came from Missouri.

Family Home Evening

Yesterday afternoon Bob and I met my sister, Joan and her two granddaughters Lisa and Amy Bezzant in Taber.  Then we left to go to Brooks.  I feel lucky to be here.  We were driving down highway 36 and there was a pickup in front of us.  In front of the pickup was a tractor (or some vehicle) pulling a baler.  We came to a straight stretch where we could pass and Joan moved out to pass and we got even with the truck when suddenly the vehicle pulling the baler made a u turn without signalling.  Joan braked but couldn't stop in time, and luckily the truck slowed down and gave Joan a tiny bit of room to get between the truck and the baler and we got by on the shoulder.  I didn't even have time to panic. I just looked at the baler and thought, "This is it." 

We got to Brooks and visited my aunt, Elsie, and then we went to Donald and Diane's for a barbecue and pool party.

MyBrother, Donald Barbecuing  Hamburgers

Amy and Lisa in the Pool

Enjoying the Hamburgers

We left Taber sometime after 10 p.m. and all the way to Lethbridge we were treated to a lightning display - both sheet lightning and streak lightning.  When we got home the thunder began and then the rain.  I tried to get a picture of the lightning, but my camera was too slow.  However, I got the results of the lightning as it lit up our back yard at 11:30 p.m.

Bob and his Dutch Hoe

Lethbridge Once More

We left Salt Lake when it was nearly 40 degrees C. (over 100 degrees F) and arrived in Lethbridge this afternoon and it was only 17 degrees C.  It felt cold.  We just got settled in and we had rain and thunder.  After a week of warm weather the cold is hard to take.  It was darker than the pictures show and the rain doesn't show up, but you can see it spurting up from our new eave troughs.

Change

In the olden days we went to Park City to ski.  These days we go to the retail outlet shops to get our exercise.  On Saturday in Park City it was only 82 degrees F.  In Lehi it was 98 degrees F.

We have changed but so has Park City.  The 2002 Olympics left its mark.

We left Lehi about 3:00 p.m. today and are spending the night in Dillon, Montana.