Aug 16, 2008

Visiting a boomtown

We had a leisurely drive over to Pinedale today. The climb over the pass was uneventful. We were delighted to see that Farson is open once again. A lawyer has bought the "town" and is making major changes including opening the "ice cream" store again. Stopping at Farson for their wonderful ice cream was always a tradition to our family on our yearly treks back to Oregon. Arrived in Pinedale and dumped the pickup to explore. Man, this place is booming. Talk about impact; this town is having it. We ate lunch then toured around. They have the coolest "sculpture" out in front of the school. The schools here are in one complex. And quite a complex it is! Then we went up to Jo's. She is on top of the hill behind town. Great place. We got TB setup by her garage. Ken went out between the garage and TB and there was a fawn laying there. He got up and wandered away into the garage and waited us out. We went to the Park for the Fireants Concert. This was sponsored by the Pinedale Fine Arts Council. A little music; a little dancing; a little ice cream and a nice reclinging lawn chair. My friend Dana was dancing to the music with some of her friends. Now that is the life! It was a great summer (going into fall) evening. It was dark as we headed up the hill. What a sight. Looking out over the valley we saw the lights of all the drilling rigs that are set up - 10 of them. It looks like a city around each. As we got out the pickup we realized that the noise we had heard this afternoon was the sound of all the rigs working. The beautiful full moon made for a great view over the valley.

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