Red Sky In Morning - Sailor Take Warning

Yes!  There were reddish pink clouds in the eastern sky showing through my bedroom window shade when I awoke this morning and in my stomach I had hoped this wasn't an omenous sign of the day ahead (as my hopes for getting the Jeep back weighed on my mind).

My morning walk to the bridge at the Snake River seemed really pleasant and my hopes were building in my mind as I looked over the side of the bridge and downstream with my binoculars -- camera in my vest pocket ready for a chance sighting of some wildlife.  As I walked beside the stream toward the frequented cutbacks with boulders, I did spot with my binoculars a huge white bird with black wing-tips soaring high above the trees in the distance and it seemed to be rising on the thermals of the warming air.  I still don't know what type of bird it was but, a Condor came to mind -- lost sight of him in some streaky grey clouds as I continued downstream.

Since the warmth of the late morning began to make me perspire, I decided to head back to the RV and get some breakfast before calling the repair shop around noon to see if the new transmission came in as scheduled and if I should plan on catching the 2:30 p.m. bus into Jackson.  Didn't have any eggs left so, I cooked the last 6 strips of bacon to make a BLT (without the tomato -- ran out a couple days ago).  Barely had enough Mayo and added a piece of provolone cheese to bind the bacon together (with lettuce sprinkled over the top).  Orange juice and half a banana completed the meal after having two cups of coffee earlier.

Well, the moment of truth arrived in the lodge as I used one of their desk phones to again call the repair shop.  Good News!  Ryan said the transmission had arrived.  Bad News!  The electrical control switch from the old transmission had not been sent back to them with the old transmission.  So, now it will not be ready until Monday.  "Catch the early bus Monday", he said and call on the way down to Jackson.

"Sailor should have taken warning" and I should have brought a gun with me on this trip or picked up some Bear spray to blow up somebody's ass.  Now booked through Wednesday night here and leaves me looking at an overnight stay around Salt Lake City with hopefully a few nights around Moab and Canyon of the Ancients before arriving back in South Fork next Sunday (July 1st) -- if everything goes right from here on out.  Won't hold my breath for sure.