Since my last post...

Yeah, yeah, yeah....it's been a while since my last post. Let's see, what have I been up to.

Well, I made a trip up to Red Lodge, Montana, a couple of weeks ago, driving the famed Beartooth Highway. The late Charles Kuralt called the Beartooth Highway the most scenic drive in America. Having not ever driven all of the scenic highways in America, it's a little hard for me to agree or disagree, but it is a beautiful and fun drive. Hairpin turns, few guard rails, a 10,945 foot summit...oh, it's fun Camero road all the way! I took a lot of pictures that are intended to be stitched together as panoramas, so it's going to take a while for me to get them posted on the web. Stay tuned for that.

Did some wolf watching over the last couple of weeks. The Hayden Valley pack had chosen a spot just across the Yellowstone River from the Otter Creek Picnic Area to use as their rendezvous point. Four adults in the pack plus five adorable puppies. If I can hold on to a connection with my web server long enough, I'll be posting pictures of them soon. My frustration with the internet access here is a whole other story and not one I'll go into. I'll just say it's pretty bad.

It's been raining this morning, which is a very good thing. There have been a couple of fires burning in the park, one in the northwest corner and one southeast of Yellowstone Lake. They've been fighting the Owl fire; no rain up there, according to the website, but it's cloudy and cooler. Should help them out. It's been so hot in the northern part of the park this last week that the corrals at Mammoth and Canyon have been cancelling their afternoon horseback rides.

I'll be going out into the park today to take some pictures. Here's hoping the clouds and rain continue continue today.

It Takes All Kinds

So, today's post isn't about my travels inside the park. But the story's just too good to keep to myself.

One of the things I can do as part of my job is to make and cancel dinner reservations for our guests. Unless it's close to time for the restaurant to open, I can do this on the computer. It's pretty easy stuff.

A couple of days ago, one of our guests came in, and I just happened to be at the front desk. She said she wanted to cancel her dinner reservations for that evening and probably also for the next evening. Okay, that's not unusual. Happens all the time. Then she told me why. She said if she had known when she made the reservations that it would be a full moon, she never would have made them. Then she went on to say that she wouldn't be back to the hotel until after 11:00 both nights.

I don't think I want to know.....