Sunday, September 30, 2018

September 30th, 2 years ago today I retired from Columbia Bank.  Wow, has time has gone by quickly!  Thank you Lord for our time and our health and the opportunity to act on a life time goal. 

A very easy morning since we were planning to attend worship at Bridger Valley Baptist Church at 11:00am.  We were warmly welcomed and enjoyed good singing and teaching.  We were told by a member that this area of Wyoming is 85-90% Mormon (Latter Day Saints). 

Back at camp after church I spoke to a camper and commented about the wind. He replied, "Yup, we are in Wyoming!" 

We and two other campers were the only ones in Lyman KOA, but by 5:00pm there were 10 trailers and buses setting up in the camp. Today is the KOA owner's last business day; he's closed tomorrow, October 1st for the season.  He said many years they already have snow on the ground by now.  

We also spoke to five men who were "scouting for Mule Deer."  They were from Utah, Wyoming, Alaska and Washington and had two big four-seater ATVs on trailers they used to scout.  Nice guys, and serious hunters. They said they saw hundreds of Antelope in the fields over the last few days.

Wil prepared some food for this week's dinner and I enjoyed the weather outside:  sunny, cool temperatures in the low 70s but steady winds 28-30+ mph, the entire day. Unbelievable, steady, powerful wind. And to watch the yellow-leaved willow trees swaying and bending in that wind was quite terrific! And there aren't that many trees around here, mostly flat grasslands with gulches and gullies. 

It was even more interesting to watch the Robins and Canada Geese and Red-Winged Blackbirds try to fly in the wind. 

We're preparing to go to Cheyenne, WY tomorrow, about 325 miles. Finally, we commented to one another that since arriving here in Lyman, Wyoming, we've had such dry skin and shortness of breath taking our walks. The wind and temps (and elevation) account for the dryness of skin and lips and the elevation of 6,706 ft above sea level accounts for our shortness of breath.