Second part of Jackson to Jackson loop

Sitting in a hotel lobby listening to some woman jabber into her cell phone. Or should I say yelling into her phone so that everyone within a 50 mile radius can hear everything about her red couch, terrible boyfriend, the bills she owes, etc. I'm hoping they finally allow cell phone conversations on flights, I will never fly again.

The last time I was in Jackson (many years ago), we took the boat across Jenny Lake towards the mountains. We ran in to a neighbor from A2 who was a professor at UM. He was there with his family and proceeded to brag about how he was getting the U to pay for his vacation. Every time my annual alumni solicitation arrives in the mail (ironically about the same time my summer taxes arrive) I smile as I calmly deposit the solicitation in the recycle bin . 

Beautiful scenery on the ride, but arriving in Idaho a stark reminder of water issues in the west. The level of the Palisades Reservoir, on the Idaho side of the Tetons, has to be down 30-50ft. You can see where the water line was. Unbelievable. Alpine, the town at the end of Reservoir, is probably 100-200feet from the shoreline.  Beautiful houses, on the side of the mountains look over barren sand instead of water. So sad.

A couple of Picts before the next installment.