Flat Creek Inn Jackson

... 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 ...

... gateway of Yellowstone called Mammoth Hot Springs. This provided us with amazing views and very windy roads. Here we did some paved and flat walks called the upper and lower terraces that brought us to highlights such as Minerva's Pool. After that we headed south to Norris campground, as all the northern and higher altitude campgrounds were closed due to snowfall.

After a very cold night in ...

... 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!

Took a drive over the Teton pass with Uncle Gabe and Aunt Lois to spend the day in the Teton National Park.
Tetons are just magnificant - beautiful interesting mountains, that overpower the whole area.
Stoped at the Elk refuge and they do have great exibit at the visitor center where Uncle Gabe and my girls took on the task of getting them another junior ranger badge ...

... it was clean, central and much to my surprise, cheap. US$60 for one block from town square was much better than I thought we would fare. From what we understand, its US$180 per night during peak skiing season. Makes us feel like going out to celebrate such an amazing bargain. Dinner straight away at Bubbas, a recommendation from the motel. Not much to look at from the outside. But even early, it was buzzing inside. Huge servings. Cass not sure ...

... 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 ...

... all day enjoying the views. Another trail leads up from Lake Solitude to the Paintbrush Divide. It was an impressive trail climbing straight up the mountains behind the lake, someday maybe Kevin and I will do that trail as well. We talked to some guys who were fishing Lake Solitude and they said that the cutthroat trout were wearing them out. They were catching a trout on every cast. They told us that yesterday they caught 70 Cutthroat. We were very sorry we did ...

... so cold, but so worth it. Not sure what today has in store. I'm heading to the park for some good old people watching and i'm going to sew my stuff sack for my sleeping bag back together. That should keep me busy until Brian finishes work and then there is talk about swimming in the river and then a hike up snow king tonight. once again....there are pictures on there way(i think)

Hello all, Another action-packed day here at Jackson Hole. John (Elaine's brother) and his kids did finally make it last night after all their airport troubles, and wouldn't you know his kids were up bright and early this morning. After we all got coordinated and rolling, we went to Teton Park, where we rode a gondola up the mountain approximately 3,000 ft straight up. At the top was a great view, a gift shop, a great view, a deli, a great view, and a ...

... leave you pass the next bunch of excited people coming to get their view of it.
Backtracking so I could exit through the south entrance since it was getting late I had to forgo seeing much more, but I was running low on cash and had much more country to see and hoped to return on a future trip and spend more time here. I could see the Tetons off to my right as I went south. I did get a couple of photos of the ...