Seeking, but not finding peace in the Tetons
I just read this on the SL Tribune this morning and got a kick of out it...
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My wife and I needed some alone time, so we went to beautiful Jackson Hole for the weekend. Big mistake. Huge.
The idea was to decompress from grandkids, deadlines and yard work. We'd spend three days walking through the woods, seeing the natural wonders of the Tetons, eating great food and shopping.
Jackson Hole seemed like the perfect place for that sort of thing. It had been years since our last visit. It was time for another.
Unfortunately, the entire world had the same idea. It was Jackson's centennial birthday. To celebrate, the town sent invitations throughout the known galaxy. Most recipients RSVPed in person.
The idea of getting away is to avoid stress. Maybe you're the kind of person who finds a mob of people mindlessly wandering in 270 directions at once relaxing. I am not.
I personally believe that large groups of confused people are why God lets us have plagues, napalm, volcanoes, nuclear weapons and the occasional meteor.
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]There was just such a situation in the middle of Jackson. Vehicles (including a traffic-jamming stagecoach) and people (none of whom appeared to know where the hell they were going) crammed themselves into and around the park for
