Been awhile.

It's been awhile since I posted. With the computer crashing, the car and pickup both breaking down, and everything else that could possibly go wrong going completely awry all in a matter of a few weeks, I've been a bit too busy to post. Let's see, I spent 4 weeks working up in Dubois, where the car lost the fuel pump. I then spent a week or two living in the camper up there. Upon returning home, I spent a relaxing 2 weeks making a run up to Jackson twice a day for work. This allowed me time to get the car put back together. 2 weekend ago, I put the lawnmower on the trailer to go to Charlie and Gayle's to mow their lawn. The pickup died on the way. The poor van has now had to tow both the Toyota and the pickup home. It was the fuel pump, and some wiring issues. The next Monday, I was informed that I would be spending the next 3 or 4 weeks living in my camper in Teton National Park. Imagine my joyous rapture!! I spent 6 hours trying to get the pickup fixed before I threw in the towel and borrowed dad's pickup to tow the camper up to Teton Park. The trip up was pretty uneventful. The worst part about where we're working is that there is NO cell phone service where we're at. If we want to call our wives at night, we have to drive our vehicles ten miles down the mountain to get a signal. It was the second night there that I drove down to call KD, and a monsterous 6x6 bull elk ran out right in front of me. I locked up the brakes and managed to slow to a mere 5-10 mph before the corner of dad's pickup hit the monster in rear leg. The elk got knocked over momentarily, then hopped up and ran away. (I hope he had a limp) The pickup's damage was mostly cosmetic as everything still worked. It was still sickening and annoying as I wondered what the heck else could go wrong. Anyway, I got sent home Thursday, as it dumped 2 or 3 inches of snow on us that morning, and the weather report was ugly for the weekend, yet we're supposed to be back up there Sunday night. I finally got the pickup fixed yesterday, and put new (ouch) tires on it. It's been rough for everyone here with me gone, and not making enough money to cover the daily expenses, plus my trips to Teton. Things could always be worse, though. Anyway, everybody is pretty much healthy here. Just trying to prepare ourselves for the weekend storm, and the upcoming winter.