I'm Still Alive

To my loyal fans:

I apologize for my absence. As I have mentioned a few times before, the internet here is "iffy" to say the least. It was out for the past two days so I was unable to do my technological updating. There will probably be a few things I forget to put in this recap of the past few days, so I apologize.

I had Monday and Tuesday off work, so on Monday I made the trek to Cody, WY which is 92 miles from Canyon Village. It was a pretty lengthy drive as it took me a little over 2 hours to get there, and over 3 hours to get return. I lucked out while I was in town and was able to meet up with a gracious softball family and they dropped off a box of hiking goodies from Mom, which is always a welcome gift. I'm now loaded on nonperishable goods for when I decide to hit the trail. I also made a pit stop in the glorious Wal-Mart which involved picking up a few more treats such as Clif Bars and Power Bars. It was much cheaper purchasing them there than coming back and buying them at the General Store here, which I'm sure you can imagine.

Last night was "Open Mic" night at the employee pub. I decided to grace the Canyon Village employees in attendance with a beautiful rendition of "Dirty Diana" by THE King of Pop, Michael Jackson. I think it's safe to say that it went over pretty well. I thought it would be amusing, but I didn't really plan on being the water cooler talk for everything the next day. Too late to change it now, I guess. Maybe I should just take this act on the road.

Earlier today there was a mule deer hanging out in front of my window for a couple hours. He comes by about once a day. It's nice to see him.

I've had some recent questions about my location compared to the recent bear attack near Cooke City, WY, which is near the Northeast Entrance of Yellowstone. Just for the record, I'm about 2.5 hours from that place. From what I've heard, they captured the bear yesterday or early this morning and were awaiting DNA results to determine if it was the same bear who had caused the chaos. Sadly, it was. They euthanized the sow, and are looking to put her three cubs in zoos somewhere in the United States. They are afraid to leave the cubs out in the wild for a couple of reasons. First, they wouldn't be able to survive without their mother, and second it's possible the mother taught them the same behaviors of attacking human populations which could obviuosly become a negative situation. So, there's a little update on the bear situation.

More park rescue news: Last week sometime there were 16 hikers that had to be rescued from the side of a mountain down in Grand Teton National Park after a lightning strike. I believe all of them were okay, but still, a scary situation.

Speaking of the Tetons, I'm hoping sometime next week to make it down south to check them out. I believe that's the best place to see Moose currently due to the many lakes and ponds that are in that area. There's a tour that actually leaves from the Old Faithful area and takes riders down into that area, so I'm hoping to maybe catch a ride on that. If not, I may just take the 'ol Pontiac Vibe on a little road trip. We'll see...

As I've been typing this the internet has been cutting out multiple times. So, I'm sure there is more that I could say, but I'm just trying to get a post up. I will hopefully be able to get more up later, but until next time...