Tuesday, July 22

I am keeping this online “diary” of our trip – for my benefit and memories.

Hope you enjoy it too. 🙂

We flew American because we had enough air miles to make it a free trip.

Our check-in went smoothly at Harrisburg.

Just after I went through security, and was waiting on Cerwin, a man came up to me and asked if I go to White Oak Church of the Brethren. 🙂

It was Jim Keller – Hershey Keller’s son. His friends teased him about finding relatives already! …and we are third cousins.

We left Harrisburg promptly at 7:05 AM.

We were supposed to land in Chicago at 8 AM (Central Time) and were a few minutes ahead of schedule.

Since we had two-and-a-half hours in Chicago ~ and our gate was close ~ we chose a sit-down restaurant.

Cerwin ordered this delicious breakfast sandwich and potatoes to share with me, and I ordered a bowl of fresh fruit – which I shared with him.

Our flight from Chicago to Dallas/Fort Worth.

That looks like a busy train station!

We had to wait a few minutes before we could pull into our gate.

We had a three-hour layover in Dallas, so relaxed, walked, recharged our cell phones and my computer, and shared an Annie Anne’s container of pretzel-wrapped mini hot dogs and lemonade.

Dallas to Jackson Hole – These irrigated fields create an interesting view from the air.

Before long we saw a pattern of square and oblong fields. I think we were in the area of Oklahoma.

We had an interesting seat mate – a pilot from USAir who was going off duty (still in uniform) and flying to Jackson Hole with his family. They go to Yellowstone every summer, so he had lots of information for us and often described what we were seeing below.

On weekends he is a solo stunt pilot! He showed us pictures of his plane.

Some of God’s beautiful creation.

This area reminded me of when I had to do a school project with brown paper and had to create mountains.

Breath-taking beauty.

This is what the Teton’s looked like when we landed in the late evening. I am anxious to see them in sunshine.

We found our motel, and were ready for supper by 8:30.

Liberty Burger was a short walk from our motel, and closed at 9 PM so we parked our car next to our room, left luggage inside, and walked to the restaurant.

Cerwin’s meal. I just got a salad.

We had the most fun talking to a couple sitting next to us. The tables were real close, so it was awkward to not talk. 🙂

They are in their fifties and getting married today (Wednesday) here in Jackson. Both were married previously and just wanted a simple wedding. He is from Michigan, and she is from Illinois.

When they asked where we were from, we said between Lancaster and Harrisburg, PA. He said the only place I know in there is Manheim! That got our attention, because that is our hometown.

He and his first wife adopted a girl (20 years ago), and a Mennonite couple from Manheim were fostering her. I asked who the Mennonite couple was. It was Lamar and Ruth Zimmerman. We know them. 🙂

It’s a small world some days.

The restaurant was supposed to close at 9, but we left at 10 PM (Mountain Time) and the doors were still open, and what looks like windows in this photo is also an open area.

It was a delightful night to walk back to our motel.

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I am posting this at 8:40 AM ~ Wednesday, July 23

We are not getting an early start today, as we schedule some things for tomorrow, and Cerwin wanted to sleep in. He just now got some breakfast at the motel office, and brought me the orange juice I requested.

We have the same motel for tonight, and plan to get oriented to the area today and see what we can see. 🙂