Rustic Inn at Jackson Hole

... 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 ...

... mishaps and the less than ideal weather.


Tim and Ben climbed the Middle Teton via its North Ridge (the rocky ridge coming down right and towards you from the summit)



Oh how Ben likes downclimbing (the ...

... Old Faitfull. Echter de daarna volgende splitsing gingen we rechts in plaats van links, richting het zuiden. We reden ongeveer een kwartier toen we plotseling weer op een grote verzameling auto's stuiten, omdat we onderweg edelherten en bizons hadden gezien dachten we dat dit wel weer zoiets zou zijn. Veel van die mensen komen net het park binnen en zien dit dan dus voor het eerst. Maar goed, toch maar even vragen. Alweer ...

... 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 ...

Once we left Yellowstone, we knew we would have some views but didn't realize what we were getting into. The Grand Tetons are by far the most beautiful mountains we've encountered on our trip so far. It took us us about two hours to drive the distance between Yellowstone and ...

... we descended the difficult terrain full of cliff bands with tired knees and ankles. When we got to the lower saddle where some guided climbers were camping, it was totally dark and we didn't know where to find the fixed rope. Fortunately someone pointed ...

... the drive back to the main Grand Teton ring road and along the way we made numerous stops amid these stunning flowering fields and again for various herds of bison. This section of the park was actually used for private farming so we were also treated to the view of a beautiful farmhouse, barns and other and outhouses which provided a stunning foreground setting in front of the Tetons and which I came back to photograph the following morning at sunrise. As the sun sank ...

Sorry to not update for awhile. We have been very busy these past few days. Thursday May 17th was our final moving day. Royce & I had a very long day! The most stressful part of that day was watching Royce watch the movers trying to move his gun safe. I thought he was going to have a heart attack. We spent Friday evening with our friends Brent & Julie at their ranch. Had some steaks and beer and a wonderful time. My young cats were ...

... my legs after peanuts).

There was a tremendous lot to see and after I saw the Terrace Nature Trail I went east on the Grand Loop Road. I saw Undine Falls and then stopped at the Calcite Springs Over Look. Heading south on the loop I saw Tower Falls which I have a photo of (I actually broke down and took a number of photos while I was here). Next it was the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone-Inspiration ...