Super 8 Motel - Jackson Hole

... Snake River Brewing Company, and then spent most of our afternoon using the hotel's free wireless to get our lives in order.

The next morning we rushed to pick up some more camping food supplies and secure a campsite at Jenny Lake, the most popular campground at the Park. After setting up camp we walked down to Jenny Lake to read and enjoy the absolutely spectacular view of Grand Teton and Mount Moran. We then drove up to ...

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 ...

... shown here. More to come on this route!


Ben climbed Irene's Arete with Dan McNerthney of Pacific NW climbing fame!


2. Familiarized Ourselves with Teton Climbing - We climbed The Snaz (5.10a) in Death Canyon ...

I was up bright and early for the reasonably short drive to Yellowstone NP. The drive from Cody to Yellowstone was good and took me past Buffalo Bill Dam. After a brief stop there I continued on and arrived at Yellowstone NP around 8am. Yellowstone is a massive park and I had only allowed myself the one day to see as much of it as I could. It would be a great place to stay for a couple of days and do some of ...

... after leaving Inspiration Point. The mountains on each side of the trail towered so high. We passed through some marshy areas and hoped to see some moose but they were not out. The sun was really shining and made the mountains with their snow caps seem so majestic. We both felt like we could hike forever with these views (it did not hurt that the trail was flat, too!). We are staying at the Jenny Lake Campground tonight and hope to get a good night rest after our 10 mile hike today.

... there via Idaho to Grand Teton. On the way Dirk saw a stray puppy on the highway, he rescued him. We turned back to the town of Montpelier to look for an animal shelter, which took us some time. A local highway worker lady saw that we were in a rush to ...

... search with his girlfriend, and the novelty of my new pad hadn't warn off yet. But as we often do, we made a spontaneous decision, and just said let's do it. It was an ideal time. The Democratic National Convention was in town in Denver, and for me, well it was a damn good reason to not come into work that week. We hit the road around midnight Friday night/Saturday morning, leaving behind a couple of lonely girlfriends and welcoming the ...

In the morning I went for a morning wildlife hunt, but I didn't see anything out of the ordinary. I stopped by the grocery store and got a few things for breakfast. Once everyone was ready we headed to Jackson, WY. We stopped at few overlooks to take pictures and then took a back road to get there. We saw some buffalo grazing. The first we did when we got to Jackson was we went to an Alpine Slide. Brooks and I took the ski lift up and got a nice tourist ...

... River and also stopped at Yellow Flats Overlook and the Glacier Gulch Turnout.
I reached Jackson Hole about 7:00 pm and parked downtown and walked around. I had expected more from all the times I had heard it was such a neat place, but I think it is one of those rustic places that you still need a lot of money to appreciate. What I appreciated was the free campground in the Targhee National Forest where I ended ...