July 2022 Randoms

River Shuttling

I drove for River Shuttles for the 4th summer in a row. There's always pretty scenery, wild animals, and changes on the daily drives to/from Corn Creek (past North Fork), Boundary Creek (past Stanley), and McCall/Riggins that make the drive interesting. 

One day on the way back from Riggins, we were delayed
in the mountains near Stanley, waiting for a helicopter
to land to pick up a driver from a single-car crash. 

July 18--approaching Salmon, with the visible smoke from the
forest fire burning down river past North Fork. 

July 20--the first time we drove down river after the forest
fire started, we had to follow a pilot car. It was very eerie.

July 22--It was the very first time we could drive
down river after the fire suppressant helicopter
crashed into the Salmon River, killing both pilots

Driving through the thick smoke was terribly depressing.

Passing the crashed helicopter was horribly sad. 

One day, every one in our party were driving white trucks!

There are often bighorn sheep on the river road.
This was the first time I'd seen a tagged one.

One morning after going over the pass past Stanley, we came
upon these mountain goats licking salt off the road. There were two
babies with their moms, and they were SOOOO cute! I came to a 
complete stop and watched them for a minute because it was
such a rare sight!

Getting Ready to Go

The end of June and the beginning of July were focused on getting the twins ready for their mission. In addition to the shopping, they had a multitude of appointments: Micah had his wisdom teeth removed, the twins both had eye dr. appointments, the twins got their COVID booster shots and immunization requirements for the countries they were going to, and Micah had more doctor appointments in Idaho Falls. I took him after his last appointment to eat afterwards at a nice Mexican restaurant.

I hung Micah's sign on the garage over the 
carport--he got it for Josh for Father's Day.

Joe and Hallie Proksch invited us over for dinner one night so they could talk to Jonah about their mission to Toronto, Canada before he left. They pulled out their mission scrapbooks, and talked about the different areas they served. They fed us a beautiful dinner on their patio with items from their garden; we ate cream peas and potatoes, which was my first time ever, and I absolutely LOVED them! 

Gabbie's Birthday Weekend

Ammon's high school friends Ethan and Paige got married at the end of July, so he and Gabbie came to town for the weekend, which happened to also be the same weekend as her birthday. It was the weekend after Jonah and Micah began their mission training at home, so it was nice to have everyone all together before the twins left. Ammon and Gabbie went to the outdoor wedding and had a great time! While they were here, we also played several games together, Josh & I took them bowling and out to eat, and we had a family meal for Gabbie's special day. It was fun to spend time with Ammon and Gabbie in Salmon, and have the family all together for the last time in a long while!

Randoms

I weeded the corn in July. There's two rows. The row on the left is the weeded one, the row on the right is un-weeded. I like the visual difference; it's satisfactory to see an immediate result from the labors of my work. 

Josh and I went to the Shakespeare in the Park performance at the Sacajawea Center. We sat by my friend Sharon. It was a great show, and we had a good time! I'm always impressed at their ability to set up their portable stage, and put on a quality production in whatever environment they're at.