The day dawned cloudy and the weather reports weren't encouraging on this Friday morning. We thought it might be a day for watching golf, but headed out to try to pick some raspberries at the Sawtooth Botanical Garden while the rain held off. The garden was very interesting, especially the Garden of Infinite Compassion, which honors the Dalai Lama's visit to the Wood River Valley. The garden itself is very peaceful with a wandering stream whose splashing masks the traffic of Highway 75. In 2005, the Dalai Lama consecrated and blessed one of two Tibetan Prayer Wheels in North America.
The raspberries proved a bust, unfortunately, but it was worth seeing the garden. Suzy and I walked back on the Wood River Trail, which was about a mile and a half. The paved trail stretches from Hailey to Ketchum and was converted from a rail system--it's flat and in the sun an absolute anvil. This morning, we enjoyed the cloud cover and even felt a few rain drops.
Lunch at home featured more of Alan's wonderful cedar planked salmon from the night before. Then I did some writing by the pool, finally finishing the Quadrangle article. Late afternoon, Alan, Suz, Jim, and I did the lower part of the Chocolate Gulch trail, which we all agreed was more beautiful this year because of all the rain. The wildflowers were awesome.
Back at the house, time for a pre-dinner swim and hottub and then we headed to the Ketchum Grill for another yummy dinner.
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