Part Two of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Three of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Four of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Five of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Six of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Seven of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Eight of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Nine of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Ten of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Eleven of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twelve of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Thirteen of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
We caravan-ed out to see some sights this morning. First off Ty and Cindy led us to this spot along the Warm River. This is a branch of the Snake River and there is a spring located upriver from here that warms the water, thus it's called Warm River.
They brought some stale bread pieces and we fed the ducks that hang out here.
You have to follow steep trails down to view the waterfalls....
Some video of the falls.
After climbing all those stairs! back to the parking area we loaded back into our cars, Ty and Cindy went home(there is always work to be done on the ranch)and Kim and Joel, and me a Hubs headed on another adventure.
Joel, being a forester with the state of Idaho spent a lot of time in these woods and also it seems over the line in Wyoming too. We took a "goat trail" that runs right in between Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park that very few people know about or use(and being a "goat trail" it's closed in the Winter for obvious reasons).
See the rocks, err, boulders in the photo above? Some of this trail was similar and I hit my head on the roof of the car on more than a few occasions on this road. It was very scenic yet painful if you weren't prepared, braced or holding onto a steering wheel!
I swear when we got back to Kim's house, the imprint of my hand on the outside of the back door of their green Subaru was still there(it was very dusty and my hand was moist from all the sweat), as I was throwing my arm out the open window to brace myself against that door the whole ride on this trail! lol
And here is the photographic proof. That's the back right door of Kim's car and my handprints on it.
At this point, little did I know that this wouldn't be the ONLY attempt on my life that day!
We came to the "official" entrance of the Grand Teton National Park......
Kim and I showing off our "Tetons"....*snort*
What fabulous weather!
This is Lake Jackson
And the mountain peaks in the distance..........
Very late July and there is still snow or rather glaciers on some of the higher peak's slopes. The highest peak is Grand Teton and the range is named for it. The naming of the mountains in this range is attributed to 19th century French trappers who lived in this area plying their trade. They called these mountains "les trois tètons" . Translated to English this means "the three teats".
A selfie with the Tetons. I believe the main peaks are called Mt. Teton, Mt. Owen and Mt. Moran.
Hubs took my photo too.....
As the sign says, the Tetons are ever changing and rising. This mountain range, or rather the Teton fault is capable of producing an earthquake in the 7-7.5 range.
So beautiful!
After tooling around in Grand Teton Park we continued on into Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Hubs took my photo too.....
As the sign says, the Tetons are ever changing and rising. This mountain range, or rather the Teton fault is capable of producing an earthquake in the 7-7.5 range.
So beautiful!
Originally it was called Jackson's Hole by the mountain men who frequented the area trapping beavers. A "hole" was the term these rugged men used for a valley(which is what the area was between the foot of the Tetons and the Gros Ventres ranges.
The town of Jackson(still sometimes called Jackson's Hole)was named for David Edward Jackson(called Davy), a partner in the trapping enterprise of Smith, Jackson & Sublette. Yep, that's my ancestral 1st cousin again, Bill Sublette.
As we approached the town over a flat area we saw a small plane coming into the airport there. Lots of celebrities and the rich jet into the area in this way.
And there are many outfitters and tour guiding services here. Look! It's another ancestral cousin Lewis with his partner Clark from their fact finding mission to explore the West after the Louisiana Purchase on this business's sign.
A Berkshire Hathaway Real Estate office....of course. Trying to fit into the town's image but not succeeding. lol
It's an archway made out of elk antlers. It sure fits into the vibe here but it's tacky and thought provoking at the same time. 8-)
We parked and found this hole in the wall pizza place to eat lunch. I had a Greek salad and a slice. I noticed as we ate our slices this pizza peel above hanging on the wall.
Seems Guy Fieri visited this place back before we were there in 2017. Here's the piece of the episode from Diners, Drive-ins and Dives it appeared on.......
I told Hubs we were NOT carting this lamp home, even if it was on a deep sale! lol
Which brings us to the infamous Jackson Hole Pedestrian Flag System.
If you've ever been here you know about it but I hadn't so I didn't. lol
That's Kim behind the flags on their holders attempting to stop traffic so we could cross the street and get back to the car.
The Wort Hotel. Part art museum and part luxury accommodations. $600 a night was not in our budget on this trip!
Another bison sighting on a roof.
A very steep roadway that closes in bad weather as witnessed by this signage...
Goodbye to the Teton Range and Jackson Hole.
Little did I know at this point that we'd come close to death later on that day. But not at the hands of geysers, hot springs, bouncing around in the back of a Subaru on a goat trail or from Kim's driving. hehehe
The rest of our day next time.
Sluggy