September 20, 2013.. We woke up this morning to sunshine again and a temperature of 27 degrees. It was cold but it was going to be a beautiful day and it was going to get much warmer by day’s end. Soon after we woke up, 3 bull moose came through the campground near our campsite.

There was not a cloud in the sky the entire day!

After we got breakfast finished and reserving one more night staying here, we took off to explore some things we had not seen. We drove over toward Teton Pass. We did not go up the pass but stopped at the foot of the mountain at a small town called Wilson, WY. The population according to the sign is about 900. The town was made up of a post office, general store, gas station and a restaurant. We decided to stop at the general store and check it out. We are really glad we did. As we were walking around in the store, an older gentleman with a grocery buggy asked us if we were finding everything. As we talked with him, we realized he was one of the most interesting people we had ever met in our travels. He was a grand age of 93 years old. He had previously been the owner of the store we were in and his daughter currently owns it. He also owns the nice post office building next door and rents it to the government. Just yesterday, he returned from a trip to his cabin in a remote area in northern Canada. He said it was about 130 air miles from Fort McMurray, Alberta. He had built it himself over a 2-year period. He had to fly the material in by float plane and now has to fly in by float plane when he goes there. That all was interesting but not the most interesting part of what he said. He was a WWII bomber pilot (B17) in the air force and was shot down over Germany on a bombing mission to bomb a ball bearing factory. The crew bailed out and all survived but the air commander who had refused to wear a parachute during the mission.  The crew was taken prisoner and held for 13 months. I talked to him about 30 minutes but could have listened to him for hours. It was a real treat to be in the presence of a real hero. His name is Clarence "Stearnie" Stearns. I did a search on Google for his name and found some information about him that he did not mention, but it is pretty incredible stuff. I will not forget meeting him and I know talking with him will be a highlight of our trip. I think you would enjoy reading about him. Here is some interesting information about him.

http://www.donsbushcaddy.com/stearnie_sr80.html

We returned to the church where we had photographed the outside and made this inside shot. I made additional outside shots today but I won't post them since I had already posted some before. The view below is looking through the window from inside the church and is located directly behind the pulpit.

I thought these wildflowers would add to the already beautiful scene.