Ingram Chronicle
Volume 2 Number 7
Today is 10 September, and we have
been back in Yuma for several weeks. The old routine is taking hold on us again. Mother is busy with the Meetinghouse Library again, Rosie is substitute teaching in the schools, and I am back busy with the Yuma Stake Employment Center.
We had a very enjoyable time in Salt Lake City and Jackson, Wyoming. We had a fun time seeing the sights in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, along with trips to the tram up to the top of Renedzvous Mountain from Teton Village and floating down the Snake River from Wilson Bridge to South Park Bridge--about 13 river miles. We saw a lot of bald eagles and other avian species then. We saw quite a number of wapiti (elk) in both Grand Teton and Yellowstone--picture below--but we saw no bears or bison.
The Native Americans were performing their native dances and displaying their fine arts at Teton Village, just north of Jackson. We were well entertained by the small Pow Wow there. They were very special people.
We are preparing to go on our cruise in October, if the hurricanes leave any of Florida there to visit! "Charlie", "Frances", and "Ivan" seem to be (have been) very bad for that part of the country. "Frances's rains as she moved north up the coast really played havoc with the coastal states
The scenery in Yellowstone and Grand Teton NPs was as expected spectacular and grand. There wasn't much wildlife in the parks this time--a few wapiti or elk along the roadsides and in the streams.
I am having a lot of problems trying to get any coherency in these Chronicles--there has been a long space between issues.
Aunt Genevieve Bennett fell and broke her pelvis and sacrum while we were in SLC--she is improving, has been home since before we left to return home. Aunt Frances is moving into an Elders Housing place in Dallas--no more lawn-mowing and other outside chores for her. Aunt Anna is suffering further inroads of her decline in health--we are all getting a lot older! And the parts are all wearing out.
I have suffered a torn medial ligament in my left knee--may need orthoscopic surgery in November--we shall keep you informed as to the prognosis and prospects for recovery.