7/10 – Wednesday

A fine day today. We were up just as Cap was leaving for work, had a coffee or two and I had a piece of toast with raspberries (again). Jan had a hair appointment, leaving Julie and I to fend for ourselves.

And fend we did. We drove somewhat aimlessly, trying to find the route to Bridger Bowl ski area. And after a few wrong turns we did find the route. Julie is certain that we brought Jake and Woody here and had them playing in the open areas. I cannot remember every coming here. I’m sure she is correct, and it bothers me that the memory seems totally gone, but we had a good time today. We did a little hiking and generally just enjoyed the scenery and the drive.

When we got back to town it was lunch time, and we decided to try Over Easy, a restaurant we have used several times for breakfast and it has always been great. At lunchtime it was not too crowded today, but the salad we shared was excellent and the service was good.

We decided to go see as much of the drive to Hyalite Trail area. We’ve been there several times for hiking, including Jake and Woody, and I remember those. As we drove up the forest road, which was as beautiful as ever with the stream running full blast and all the greenery. But we didn’t get too far today – road construction had the road down to one lane, and we really didn’t have enough time to wait for the pilot car twice. So we turned around and drove home.

As was common today, we hunted and pecked our way home, making a wrong turn or two, but we got there. And we had plenty of time to get cleaned up and ready to go out to dinner.

We met Cap and Paula at Blackbird in downtown for dinner. Paula is an artist friend who just might move to Scottsdale this year. She is a good friend of Jan’s and seems like someone we would enjoy knowing as well. Our meal was great – I shared a Margarita Pizza with Paula, and the appetizers and wine were really good as well. There was a lot of good conversation, but unfortunately I couldn’t really hear much of it.

We drove home and watched an episode of Midsomer Murders – and that was about it for everyone.

A good day.