Rainbows
After complaining about not seeing any rainbows here, I was able to see another one today. Actually, a double rainbow but the second one faded rapidly. Brenda, Steve and I went to the Visitors Center for the ranger presentation, and on the way out, there it was! I did manage to get a photo, but Steve had to go to his room for his camera and missed it. Brenda had here phone with her so she was lucky.
Speaking of Brenda, she just spent 3 days at Glacier National Park and was absolutely blown away by the place. Than and I were there on our train adventure a few years ago. I don't think it has changed much. The other day, Brenda and I were walking past the Jehovah's Witness display (there is a disclaimer that they don't really have anything to do with the park) when she saw a pamphlet that said something like Six Lessons every child should know. Since she is staying here for the winter, skiing was on her mind and she thought it was Ski Lessons...and almost took one. We both had a good laugh about that. We were on our way to the water painting class.
The ranger presentation was about trees here in the park. I thought there were almost all Lodge Pole Pines, but found out there are actually others, although not many in the caldera area. One of the geysers, Castle, actually had a tree growing there until the geyser started erupting upteem thousand years ago and it part of the formation. When it is actually pointed out it is obvious. There are many ghost trees around, too, that get effected by the changing ground, either by temperature or by chemical changes. Ghost trees are giant trees with just the trunk and some main branches that are white or gray. When they are first starting to turn to ghost, the bottom 3-4 feet turn white and they are called bobby sox trees.
Remember that on another blog I was complaining about not having padding in front of the registers? Well, the other day, Jeremiah, the assistant site location manager for Snow Lodge where Geyser Grill is located was hanging out recently. I asked him why we don't have pads but the other places do. He was surprised that we didn't and said he'd look into it. Today he came by and said they were ordered and should be here in a week or two. I told him the 18th is my last and he said since he went through all that trouble, I now have to stay until November.
The reason Jeremiah was there is because there almost was a fight in the lobby of Geyser Grill. Two guys were complaining that a group of folk moved a table and moving it was very noisy. They insisted that security was called and made a big fuss. Over moving a table. Don't these people realize they're on vacation and are not suppose to be so uptight about the simple things. The two guys complaining were described as white trash personified by one of the security people, off record of course. The people who moved the table were Asian. Another ramification of POTUS's rhetoric, I believe. But I hope I'm wrong.
I'll be home in less than 2 weeks. It seem unreal that it is so close. I understand why Than, Susan and Elaine were worried about me not coming back as planned. But coming back as planned I will. More later.
Speaking of Brenda, she just spent 3 days at Glacier National Park and was absolutely blown away by the place. Than and I were there on our train adventure a few years ago. I don't think it has changed much. The other day, Brenda and I were walking past the Jehovah's Witness display (there is a disclaimer that they don't really have anything to do with the park) when she saw a pamphlet that said something like Six Lessons every child should know. Since she is staying here for the winter, skiing was on her mind and she thought it was Ski Lessons...and almost took one. We both had a good laugh about that. We were on our way to the water painting class.
The ranger presentation was about trees here in the park. I thought there were almost all Lodge Pole Pines, but found out there are actually others, although not many in the caldera area. One of the geysers, Castle, actually had a tree growing there until the geyser started erupting upteem thousand years ago and it part of the formation. When it is actually pointed out it is obvious. There are many ghost trees around, too, that get effected by the changing ground, either by temperature or by chemical changes. Ghost trees are giant trees with just the trunk and some main branches that are white or gray. When they are first starting to turn to ghost, the bottom 3-4 feet turn white and they are called bobby sox trees.
Remember that on another blog I was complaining about not having padding in front of the registers? Well, the other day, Jeremiah, the assistant site location manager for Snow Lodge where Geyser Grill is located was hanging out recently. I asked him why we don't have pads but the other places do. He was surprised that we didn't and said he'd look into it. Today he came by and said they were ordered and should be here in a week or two. I told him the 18th is my last and he said since he went through all that trouble, I now have to stay until November.
The reason Jeremiah was there is because there almost was a fight in the lobby of Geyser Grill. Two guys were complaining that a group of folk moved a table and moving it was very noisy. They insisted that security was called and made a big fuss. Over moving a table. Don't these people realize they're on vacation and are not suppose to be so uptight about the simple things. The two guys complaining were described as white trash personified by one of the security people, off record of course. The people who moved the table were Asian. Another ramification of POTUS's rhetoric, I believe. But I hope I'm wrong.
I'll be home in less than 2 weeks. It seem unreal that it is so close. I understand why Than, Susan and Elaine were worried about me not coming back as planned. But coming back as planned I will. More later.
Oh good, you're coming back. You had us worried there Margaret. And it does sound beautiful. 14 days to go and then to the airport.
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