Homewood Suites Jackson

... Lake where the Snake River is dammed to enjoy some more quiet reading time. After getting back to our campsite, Andrew received a voicemail from our real estate company in Portland, letting us know that the apartment we had secured had flooded and was uninhabitable. We scrambled through dinner and then headed back to Jackson to use the internet at the most fantastic honkey tonk pub we have ever seen (over a dozen elk heads ...

... Hayden Valley with sweeping views of the surrounding mountains. We stopped at Canyon Village and took a short walk to look at the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and Lower Falls, where a large waterfall dropped into a long narrow canyon with white and yellow sulfur sidewalls. Here we also got to experience the huge crowds that people complain about at Yellowstone. After the Falls we went on to the ...

... just outside Missoula. <br><br>It was a long drive and we stopped at Dillion, Montana for a spot of lunch at the Longhorn Saloon.  We started speaking to a man who had just finished his lunch and was loading up his rucksack.  Virginia asked him where he was walking too and he said he was walking the Continental Divide Trail.  He started in April of this year and anticipates finishing in September on the Canadian/Montana ...

... so riesig dass er nicht auf ein foto passt und die bilder der realität schlicht nicht gerecht werden. ist doch auch schön, dass nicht alles mit einer digicam aufgenommen werden kann, ich hab die bilder stattdessen mit meinen eigenen instinkten aufgenommen und kann jedem grand teton besucher nur empfehlen, den ca 1 stündigen aufstieg auf sich zu nehmen!<br>

... the history of the National Parks etc.  The Grand Prismatic Spring and Excelsior pool are every bit as wonderful as I&#8217;d hoped, although it was a bit chilly today so there was some steam obscuring the view.  Our afternoon route skirted the beautiful Yellowstone Lake, glittering in the sun with snow-capped mountains on the horizon.  We continued our hunt for a grizzly in vain, although we did spend a few minutes looking very hard ...

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

... the window behind the altar is world famous. We continue our circuit to the lovely Jenny Lake overlook. This is one of the most beautiful mountain lakes in the United States , and although the clouds still cover the peaks, it is still a magnificent view. Nearby some boaters are launching a kayak, much too ...

... Point. Not a far hike, about 6 miles, but pretty steep and both the falls and the point were, well, inspirational. The view from the point was the entire lake. The next day we asked a Ranger to recommend a hike where we could see moose. It was one of our goals--to see moose in the wild. It turned out our best bet was to repeat the hike up to Inspiration Point and keep going through Cascade Canyon ...

... makes her nervous. No problem - I'll give it a shot. It didn't take long before the ascension into the mountains started by driving through one switchback after another. We stopped at a number of observation points and enjoyed the view and the lower temperatures. It was quite amazing just how quickly the temperature dropped off. After reaching a pass within the mountain range where the driving was fairly level we had to ...

... up the steepest hills in the heat of the day in completely and utterly the stupidest direction. ie if we had read the signs we would have seen a pretty little canyon... instead we saw absolutely nought! After lunch i was persuaded to do the sensible thing and crossed Jenny Lake by boat with amy and we walked slowly up to the falls and slowly back down again, we then slowly walked round the lake, slowly taking in the beautiful scenery. At one point during ...