Trip to Idaho Falls

DAY TWENTY-SEVEN: It's Sunday morning and since church is not until 1:30 pm I'm relaxing in bed. Yesterday we went to Idaho Falls. It is a monthly shopping trip for Paul and Jenny for bulk foods and supplies. There is a fairly good grocery in Alpine - the Alpine Market but prices are better in Idaho Falls and way better than in Jackson, where everyone is a millionaire, it would seem (an exaggeration with some truth in it).

It is about a 75-mile drive to Idaho Falls, but a very lovely one past the Palisades Resevoir, through mountains, Into Swan valley, past farms. It was sort of drizzling when we started out , but the day improved as we went along and became a blue-sky day in the 60's! It was very windy, however. Very windy. We went first to i jump a big trampoline place for kids. Ellen and  Max got out there and P, J and I went to Target where I got some dental and foot supplies (hoof and mouth?) and then we went back to I Jump, picked up E & M, (Max had fun but it was very crowded) and on to Barnes and Nobel. I didn't get anything there but took a couple of pics. 

Max is looking at a Looney-tunes comic, which he got.

Here he is looking at a Harry Potter audio book, which he didn't 't get. 

Ellen got a book by Atul Gowande, Being Mortal, about end-of-life care. 

It was then on to Five Guys for lunch. Good fries! And then to Sam's Club for bulk food, much of it frozen. By then, the basketball game between the Tarheels and Boston College had started back in Boston, and I could get a radio broadcast of it on my iPhone "Go Heels" app! So Max and I stayed in the car, I listened to the game and Max played. The Heels got off to a terrible start ("they just don 't look like themselves" the commentator said), but managed to get to a 33-33 tie game at half-time. Then we left Sam 's Club, went to a fabric store for Jenny and headed home. I could still get the game on the iPhone as we drove along. Sort of miraculous. The Heels had a much better second half (what did Coach Williams say in the locker room ?) and they won 78-67 or something like that. They now have an 8-3 record in the ACC Conference, 3rd place, which isn 't too bad. Two of those losses were by only a point or two . 

The trip home was lovely and after we got home and had carried in all the supplies, Ellen and I had a very nice walk up the hill in the waning sunlight. The road was totally clear of ice - first time. 

In the evening after supper we watched some British soccer with Paul, I read  Home for a while, Ellen read Being Mortal, and then to sleep. 

Today after church, I 'll pack the car with everything except our overnight bags. Tomorrow we head for Boulder to spend a few days again with Betsey and Rob and be of what help we can there - I think Betsey has a plan for us!