Jhrl Teton Village Condominiums

... on the walls) to set up some viewing appointments for the next week. As upsetting as this was at the time, it allowed us to see one of the most beautiful sunsets we have ever seen over the Teton range.

Thursday we woke up and took the water ferry across Jenny Lake to do one of the park's most popular hikes to Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point. After battling through the crowds on this two mile stretch, we went on up through ...

gerade erst im 'grand teton national park' angekommen, liefen uns schon die ersten tiere über den weg. wir hatten also ziemlich viel glück gleich elche und zwei verschiedene adlerarten bestaunen zu können.

mit dem boot ging's über den see und von dort aus zu fuss zum 'inspiration point' einem aussichtspunkt gut 200m über dem see. der ausblick war ...

... just how funny this ramble is.

We stopped in a tiny town called Ten Sleeps for lunch, true proof that one can find good food anywhere, even in a town with 340 people. We found a lovely pizza place that made fresh wood stone pizzas and even had homemade root beer.

Off to Thermopolis Wyoming to Hot Springs State Park. If I could pick one State Park, this would be it. Free 20 minutes in a 104 degree hot spring ...

... waiting to see the Old Faithful geyser go off, which I found to be a bit dissappointing! But it was on time!

By the time I left Yellowstone it was nearly dark and I still had about an hours drive to Jackson and arrived there around 9pm. Next to Yellowstone is Grand Teton national park which I will check out more tomorrow. The first night in Jackson was a quiet one, I went to a nearby Mexican ...

... like Blowing Rock, NC. We didn't want to backtrack the 10 miles to get back to the main road to head up to Yellowstone, so we decided to take a shortcut and cut through the Grand Teton National Forest on our way up. It sounded simple enought, yet when we got to the gate entrance of the GTNF, the attendent wanted $25.00 to enter, even though we were going to spend no more ...

... again, occupied by former log truck drivers, intent on honking their horns (presumably as a polite way of saying hello...). I have yet to be run off the road, but there have been a couple of close calls with the distance. From the sun we had on our day off last Sunday, Monday morning was like being plunged back into autumn. The rain was of the biting cold variety (unlike that of last week where it was of the warm, soaking varity), and after it had cleared up at ...

... wheel brakes as the passenger side was squealing. Was a simple spring rubbing on the brake drum. Then left around noon to travel up to Rawlins for lunch then up to Rocky Springs then up 191 to Jackson where we are currently parked. We started out with a temperature of 70 degrees then as we started up highway 191 the temperature dropped precipitously to 40's then 30's, we were in rain and then sleet and then it was huge snowflakes. It was ...

... hot drinks to warm you up...could get used to that! Lifts close at 4pm (thank goodness) and we've relaxed in the hot tub for a while, and now it is drinks night here at the lodge. We are looking forward tomorrow to go and have a look around the Grand Teton National Park. Hopefully it wont snow too much tonight...and will be sunny tomorrow.

... and Grand View. then I stopped at Caldron Springs, the Mud Volcano and Dragon's Jam Spring. It was amazing how much variety was in this area.
I went by Fishing Bridge and saw numerous fly fishermen in the water (see photo). And even though it was catch and release i could imagine that it could be very rough on a trout passing through this gauntlet of fishermen. He could end up by having a very sore mouth by the ...