Where is Summer?

This photo was taken Friday, JUNE 07, 2008 in front of Lake Clinic. It is beautiful but everyone is ready for some sunshine. (left to right: Nancy, Karen, Melanie, and Debbie)

Cody, Wyoming

We made a 2 day trip to Cody, Wyoming. The Buffalo Bill Historical Center was very impressive. We liked it so much that we exchanged our two day pass for an annual pass. The Center was four museums: The Buffalo Bill Museum; The Plains Indians Museum; Western Art Museum; and Natural History Museum.

Mammoth Clinic

The white building with bear statue is the Mammoth Hot Springs Post Office, the building to the left is the clinic where Jim works.

Lions, Tigers, and Bears! Oh My!

Sunday afternoon Nancy returned to the apartment to discover that a very large black bear was in the backyard tree. Several Park Rangers were tracking the bear. They waited until the bear climbed down the tree and then with horns, shots fired in the air, and loud shouts they tried to scare the bear out of the human inhabited neighborhood (our back yard).


The bear paced back and forth on the ridge behind our apartment (above). Ranger Travis (below) followed (at a safe distance) until he coaxed the bear back over the ridge.

Mammoth Hot Springs

We hiked Mammoth Hot Srings on a beautiful day. Above are the travertine terraces. Below is Liberty Cap; it is a dormant hot springs. These "wonders of nature" are one mile from where we live.

Sometimes the wind blows the sulphur vapors into our apartment. The first time this happened Nancy blamed Jim. However, since it has happened a few times during Jim's absence, he has been exonerated from the false accusation.

Mammoth Hot Springs Apartment

This is the photo of the living room when we first arrived. The plastic bag has a comforter and pillows that were provided by Medcor. Last week we went to Bozeman, MT (90 minutes away) and shopped the yard sales for a desk, curtains, and bookcase. The next photo is after we re-arranged and set-up the desk. By the way, the love seat is a single size hide-a-bed. Plus we have a queen and two twin Aero Beds that can be set up in the living room (as needed).

This is the other end of the living room looking into the bathroom and kitchen. The dining table is on the right. This photo shows how it looked on our arrival and the next photo shows the room with our "stuff".

There is a little bit of our bicycles showing in the "after" photo.

The before and after photos of the kitchen.

Our bedroom has two beds at the moment (a full and a twin). We are waiting on a queen bed.

Yellowstone Lake

Yellowstone Lake was still frozen when we arrived. Lake Clinic looks out over the lake. The days are finally warming up and the snow and ice is melting. Yeah--Spring is coming to Yellowstone!