Dubois, Our Summer Home

We got to Dubois, the Wednesday before Memorial day, as we had to start work the holiday weekend. The Big Horn Sheep Center is very nice, quite a nice place to spend a few hours. We have quite a few tourists that stop in. We are located right by the city park, so it is nice for folks to stop in and visit. This bronze stands outside the center.

We work 3 days a week. Barry is the "yard boy," he says he has to be the yard boy as he doesn't have the body to be the "pool boy!" He mows, sprays weeds, keeps the sprinkler system up to snuff, and just generally does all the outdoor stuff. I work inside in the gift shop and the center itself. It is kind of nice, as they use the same computer program as the Bosque used, so not much to learn, although I think this may be a newer version, as it is much, much easier!

The Whiskey Mountains near Dubois have the biggest herd of Big Horn Sheep found in the US.

The center is owned and operated by a private non-profit organization that supports the well being of the herd. There are many bighorn sheep mounts in the center like the one to the right. There are also heads from the 16 different sheep that comprize the world grand slam.

We live in the Dubois KOA. It is right in down town Dubois. Dubois has a population of about 952. There is a pretty nice grocery store, 4 or 5 restaurants and two bars and an active VFW. If an of you saw the movie Taking Chance, it was about a young marine from Dubois that was killed in Iraq. I was here in Dubois on the day they buried him in 2006. It is a great movie, although it wasn't filmed here, it was filmed in MT. The Rustic Pine bar is our favorite, I don't think it has changed an iota for the last 30 years. The VFW is quite active which is nice to see since most VFWs have fallen by the wayside in the last few years.

The Wind River, as well as Horse Creek run through Dubois. As you can see, the Wind is running pretty high. It is now much redder that when I took this photo last week, as there are red cliffs, rocks and soil near here. I think the river will run high for some time yet, as there is still a lot of snow up on top of the Wind River Mountains.

So, that is where we are this summer. We wish all of you could come see us!