It's Friday!

Theoretically, we get off two days a week, Sunday and Monday. In that we arrived on a Wednesday and started working on a Thursday, we did not get those days off last week and have now been working 10 straight days. And I am not talking about four hour days like we erroneously thought it would be.

Typically, we get up at 6:00, shower, have a cup and get started prepping for breakfast and the rest of the days meals. We have had as many as 26 for dinner, so prepping can be quite involved.  Laurel Is the kitchen general and is a wonder at making things hum and keeping people organized. Usually there is a couple hour break before lunch which goes to 1:00 plus an hour cleanup. 

Two local cowboys at lunch. Backlight does in the faces but check out the hat on the left. The trail boss was paying for their meal (a rare treat, apparently) for these 19 year olds. They ordered filet mignons.  Duh...

Three hours later we eat dinner, prepared by one of the three couples on a weekly rotation.  A great time to be creative and have some great social time with just the six of us.

Then comes dinner. Prep time, orders, serving, desserts, cleanup and usually done by 9:00. Long day, sort of like this paragraph.

This is tonight's dinner for staff. A delicious tropical jalapeño watermelon shrimp salad prepared by Mary and Ralph.

A nice picture from this morning's sunrise. Did I say we are up by 6:00?

So after 10 straight days of indentured servitude (not really) we are SO ready for some time to play. Our plan for tomorrow was going to be to visit a ghost town called Bannack one day then Yellowstone the second as day trips. But after talking with our compatriots, we are going to do a two day trip down through a town called Driggs and back up through the Tetons and Yellowstone on several back roads where apparently we are guaranteed seeing wildlife. The next blog entry should be very fun.