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Doggy TV

Clancy spied a herd of horses while we were parked at Grand Teton RV Park...he was fixated on them for quite a while, then....

 

His sister joined him and in this pic she was doing a low growl to let them know she thought they needed to move on....and they did.

There's always something to see in the RVing world.

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Just more of Yellowstone's unbounded beauty!

Stark Beauty

I took this one at the end of the boardwalk near spasm geyser which was erupting as we arrived 

 On Firehole River...flyfishing heaven (one of many)

Lovely Day in Yellowstone National Park

 

I took this photo of a Grizzly on highway 191 as we approached Yellowstone from Grand Teton National Park.  I only regret this sow would not look at me. Oh well.  Hope to see some more on our travels.

We are now in the area of West Yellowstone at the most expensive RV park we've ever stayed.  It's a nice enough park though we don't care about things like the play area and the indoor pool.  We just like the gorgeous views and the animal life, neither of which are here at the park.  We did find a lovely rustic park along a river where we will stay next time.  Much cheaper and the ambience is more conducive to enjoying one of our most beautiful National Parks.  Without a doubt the terrain, rivers, cauldera and the mountains contribute to unbounded beauty.

 

Paint pots at Yellowstone

The geysers and paint pots are amazing.  Photos don't do justice to what we actually see with the naked eye.  
 

We drove to Mammoth Hot Springs yesterday and enjoyed a terrific day.  The crowds were not too bad and I got my NPS Passport book stamped.  We drove along the Madison and Gibbons Rivers and Jack felt a very strong pull to do some fly fishing. He even went to a well known fly shop when we passed through West Yellowstone on our return to the RV park.

Jack has gone to see Old Faithful and hopefully take some good photos for our memory books.  I decided to stay at our site and hang with our dog family and get some things organized for our move on to Glacier.  I feel a certainty that we will either modify our plans and return here in a week or two or return in the next year.  A few days is just not enough time to see it all.

We have been having fun with our friends from California (and now Florida).  They are headed to a conference in Boise, ID so we will be on our own to decide our next location.

I took some photos yesterday that I will post shortly here on the blog.

Happy Trails!

Snake River, Grand Teton National Park

We arrived in Jackson Hole after a beautiful drive from Idaho Falls. The town was just setting up for their 4th of July parade so we set out our chairs and enjoyed a small town event. I had to buy a western hat to handle the sun in the high altitude.

We have explored quite a bit of the park but as always the time we planned here is not enough. For example, Jack would like to fish for several days and there are many more photos to be captured.

We took a raft trip down 10 miles of the Snake River in the early morning. We were fortunate to see two bald eagles perched high in the pines. Our animal sightings for Moose and antelope were not good so they will be a key goal for our next visit. We are on a schedule with friends this trip so there isn't a great deal of flexibility for staying longer.

This is the Snake River with the incredible mountain backdrop. The photo doesn't do justice to the beauty found here.



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We call him Bad Boy....

 

Wild and woolly

Check out these enormous Bison (aka Buffalo).  We have seen two or three herds in the past two days and had some great photo ops.  I took my shots with a point and shoot Canon and Jack took some wonderful photos with his Nikon.  

 

Mama with calf

 And here we are with one of the most beautiful backdrops

 

Grand Teton National Park - Moulton Farm, Mormon Row

We got up at 0 dark 30 and headed to Mormon Row in the park.   We were not the first ones to arrive at this often photographed site.  We set up and waited for the light to improve as the sun was rising behind us.  Jack used his tripod and I just handheld my camera.  I haven't been using my Nikon too much lately and frankly I have forgotten some of the basics so I just took snapshots today.  This is one I captured.  We never had any time without fellow photographers trying to get their shots so it became a challenge to get any shots without someone in them.

For anyone who hasn't been to Grand Teton National Park I would highly recommend it.  There are so many fabulous views that it is impossible to describe them all.  The scene above is in the area near Gros Ventre which is at the southern end of the park.