Thursday, September 10, 2009

Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole

Grand Teton Mountain Range on the left
Monday Morning
We sadly said goodbye to Yellowstone and drove South to Grand Teton National Park. The Tetons were amazing! They were the highlight of our trip. None of our pictures of this 13,000 ft. high mountain range did it justice. We stopped for a scenic view at the Jackson Lake Lodge where there was a little trail that we followed through sagebrush to get a better view of this natural wonder.
Another view of the Grand Teton Mountain Range

Ava playing at the Jackson Lake Lodge.



Tetons behind Simon and Ava




Brahm walking up the trail.





Simon running down the trail




Before we left for Grand Teton National Forest, Simon offered our morning prayer and asked to see a moose. As we were nearing Jackson Hole, Jess was getting very anxious because we hadn't seen a moose yet. Well, lo and behold we found our moose!



Jackson Hole.
This arch is made of elk antlers. There is an elk reserve near Jackson Hole, and the antlers are gathered up by local Boy Scouts when the elk shed them in late winter.



Simon and Ava posing with a stuffed bison.


Jackson Hole
This town reminds me so much of Park city. The shops, streets, restaurants, and ski runs nearby are just alike.




Before we left, we had to indulge ourselves with a scoop of Haagen-Dazs ice cream.



Simon



Ava



Brahm



3 comments:

  1. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it! I grew up in Idaho Falls, so the Tetons feel like my mountains. You should check out the pictures of Jackson from July on my blog. There are some similar ones, you should have seen Rex drawing a crowd at the Bison, he was posing under it, it was pretty funny!

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  2. wow.. some amazing views!! looks like you had fun!

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  3. Jeff and I went to Jackson and to Yellowstone for our Honeymoon, aren't the mountains gorgeous we loved it and it looks like you guys did too.

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