Our route to get to the Tetons was
to enter Yellowstone National Park at West Yellowstone and drive the
long way around the Grand Loop to exit Yellowstone at the South
Entrance, which put us at the northern entrance to Grand Teton National
Park. This route took us through Hayden Valley, where we hoped to spot
wildlife. But the weather was not good and the animals must have
been hunkered down in the forests, because all we saw in Yellowstone
was
one bison, one bald eagle, and two elk cows.
This elk was feeding on new growth in an area that had seen a forest fire a few years ago.
Our most common view of the Teton mountains was of a stormy sky obscuring the higher peaks.
Grand Teton peaking through the clouds.
Occasionally we got a good view of the Tetons. This is what is called the Cathedral Group. Teewinot (partly obscured) is on the left, Mt. Owen is on the right, and Grand Teton is in the middle.
Mount Moran, which towers over Jackson Lake. The last time we were here, the water level in Jackson Lake was very low due to the drought and the marina was bone dry. This year the water level was back to normal.
Many years ago Ansel Adams took a famous photo of the Tetons from this spot. It showed the S-bend in the Snake River and the Teton mountains in the background. Today that picture would be impossible, for the simple reason that the trees have grown up to block part of the view of the Snake River.
In the 1890s Mormons started homesteading in Jackson Hole. The area where they built their community is now called Mormon Row. As the community prospered, the original homes and barns were replaced with better structures. After 30 years, the original barn built by John Moulton was replaced with this barn.
Some of the detail of how they handled joints that allowed their buildings to stand for more than a century.
When we visited Mormon row, there were re-enactors demonstrating some aspects of life in the 1890s. This little girl was learning how clothes got washed. Turning the clothes wringer was not easy.
A demonstration of how ropes were made.
This elk was feeding on new growth in an area that had seen a forest fire a few years ago.
Our most common view of the Teton mountains was of a stormy sky obscuring the higher peaks.
Grand Teton peaking through the clouds.
Occasionally we got a good view of the Tetons. This is what is called the Cathedral Group. Teewinot (partly obscured) is on the left, Mt. Owen is on the right, and Grand Teton is in the middle.
Mount Moran, which towers over Jackson Lake. The last time we were here, the water level in Jackson Lake was very low due to the drought and the marina was bone dry. This year the water level was back to normal.
Many years ago Ansel Adams took a famous photo of the Tetons from this spot. It showed the S-bend in the Snake River and the Teton mountains in the background. Today that picture would be impossible, for the simple reason that the trees have grown up to block part of the view of the Snake River.
In the 1890s Mormons started homesteading in Jackson Hole. The area where they built their community is now called Mormon Row. As the community prospered, the original homes and barns were replaced with better structures. After 30 years, the original barn built by John Moulton was replaced with this barn.
Some of the detail of how they handled joints that allowed their buildings to stand for more than a century.
When we visited Mormon row, there were re-enactors demonstrating some aspects of life in the 1890s. This little girl was learning how clothes got washed. Turning the clothes wringer was not easy.
A demonstration of how ropes were made.