Busy day and nice dinner out

September 3 – It was another windy night!  I’m really over the wind!

The plan for several days was to go out to breakfast at this place Bill heard about and wanted to go to, but when we got up he decided not to.  We were going into West Yellowstone this afternoon and staying for dinner so I guess he thought eating out twice in one day was too much.  Plus there was stuff he wanted to get done here.

He did some prep work for leaving on Monday.  He put the grill away and most of our outdoor ornaments and bags over the seats of the bikes.

At least it's back up

We went up right after lunch to put the big Valley View RV sign back up.  One pole had broken off in the ground and the other guy who mows the grass laid a new pole out there.  One of the sign boards was all the way off and two were hanging by one screw.  We took my drill and what long screws I had and we took the sign apart and Bill dug the hole to move the pole to miss the stump still in the ground.  We got the pole in place and by then 4 RV’s had arrived.  Bill went to park them but there were some check-in issues so he kept coming back to help.  I drilled all the holes and measured the signs and we got one up at a time, then he’d go park someone and come back.  We ran out of screws and found some super long ones in the park’s tool room, then my drill ran out of steam.  We managed to get all 3 signs up but a couple of screws need drilled tighter.

After we showered we headed to West Yellowstone.  Bill needed a sympathy card for someone so we stopped for that and then made a stop at the hardware store for some reflector tape to put on some of the row marking poles.  Then we browsed some of the shops.  Several are having End of Season Sales but only 20% off.  One is going out of business so had 20% off and 30% off already reduced items.  We picked up a few things for Christmas.

My Osso Bucco

When dinner time rolled around we headed to Bullwinkle’s since Bill had been told it was really good.  It’s a bit more upscale than most of the places in town.  Bill had Bison meatloaf and I got to try Osso Bucco for the first time.  I’ve seen other people have it and thought, why not?  It’s a pork leg that is kind of slow roasted.  The presentation is part of the enjoyment.  This restaurant served more of a sauce than gravy and it was delicious.  Even the sautéed zucchini and veggies were seasoned to perfection.  There were also homemade yeast rolls and a very nice salad bar.  No room for dessert!

We finally stopped after how many weeks, and took a picture of the welcome sign for Island Park on our end of the town. 

Later once we had room for it, we had some tapioca pudding for dessert.