This day was a down day, which means a laundry day. The kids enjoyed spending time in the pool and looking for beaver dams along the Snake River. In the afternoon, we visited the Keystone Science School, a mile down the Snake River from Grauntie Joan and Gruncle Bill's house. The occasion was the dedication of the Science School's new Observatory and Yurt. I'm not sure why Yurts are all the rage in Keystone, but you'll see more of them here than in Kyrgyzstan. The Observatory was named for Bob Craig, the founder of The Keystone Center, which in turn spawned the Science School. The anonymous donor who chose to honor Mr Craig in this was, of course, none other than Joan.
Even in the bright daylight, filters on the telescope made Venus visible to Andrew.
After touring the Science School's Museum, and learning about how the Pine Beetle is managing to so devastate the local forests (and what should or should not be done), we took at look at one of the School's 32-bed dormitories, Henry Hall.
It was named for Todd's maternal grandmother, Kitt Daniels, and there is a painting of her on the wall in the entry. Joan, for reasons I never understood, called her mother "Henry," so that's the name she gave to the dorm.
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