08/17/12

We had a nice trip for Carolyn's birthday.  Wendover for a night with a visit the next day to see the Enola Gay Hanger and small museum.  I thought it was kind of ironic that we were setting outside the hanger taking picture in a brand new Japanese made Subaru Outback.  Who won that war?  Then we went to Jackpot, Nevada for the night.  Had a good time there.  Went the next day to Twin Falls, Idaho where Carolyn grew up.  Had a good time driving around see where she lived and reminiscing about where she went to school and such.  Went to both fall which were great.  Next day headed to Alturas Lake in the Sawtooth Mountain range.  Would have been great it the whole state wasn't on fire.  Four or five fire in the Sawtooth National Forest and a big one burning in the south mountains 15 miles south of Twin Fall.. Smoke, smoke and more smoke.  We made the best of it.  Give us a reason to go back to the Sawtooths.  We thought as we headed south towards Salt Lake the sky would clear up.  Not!  All the way to the Sanpete Valley was smokey.  Home was not as bad.  We only have 2 fires burning in Utah but have large fires burning in every state surrounding us.  Wind blowing the smoke into Utah.  Burns the lungs pretty bad.  I finally got in a mile and a half walk yesterday.  It loosened me up a bit