On Way to Jackson Hole

9/13/2008 On way to Jackson, WY
Today, we leave Yellowstone and head to Jackson, Wyoming and the Tetons National Park. We are on the road by 8:30 trying to get to Jackson by 11:00AM. Fat chance that will ever happen. Not the way we stop every so often for animals, waterfalls, and everything else.

We head south from the Fishing Bridge heading clockwise along the lower loop stopping at Lewis Falls and Crawfish Creek waterfalls. At each one we we stop for at least 15 minutes. Imagine trying to park a 31 foot motor home with a car towed behind it and parking it in a space that just fits. Anyway between the waterfalls and seeing more bison and elk, we finally make it out of Yellowstone National Park.

Between Yellowstone and Jackson we come across a number of cars parked on both sides of the street, so we have to stop also. We just can't drive by without seeing what we might be missing. As we are even with the group of people, Carmen asks someone what everyone is looking at. It is a Moose doe and calf. So we stop and see the moose, it is nestled in tall alders next to a small body of water. From the location everyone is looking, you can hardly see the moose. So, we start to leave and I notice a path at the other end of the water and follow it down to the water and I can see both the moose and the calf. I take a couple of pictures, one of which is included.

We leave the moose behind and continue for Jackson through Teton National Park. We take the loop road inside the park and the views of the Tetons are spectacular. The mountains behind the lake are quite beautiful. There is nothing quite like the Tetons!

We finally get to the campground it is around 1:30PM. We are staying at the Virginian Lodge and RV Resort. As usual it takes us about five hours to go about 120 miles. Anyway we set up and have something for lunch before setting out for Jackson. (The RV resort is, as they have been out west here, nice, but the individual sites are pretty narrow. Not much space between you and either of your neighbors.)

We head into Jackson to walk around the historic town square. The corners of the square has these arches made from elk antlers. They are quite large and impressive. We spend several hours in town around the square, stopping at several of the galleries. There are a couple of artists creating clay sculptures that will be bronzed afterwards. Very nice work. We even find a bronze eagle Carmen loves, it stands about 7 feet tall wing tip to floor and is on a rotating pedestal so it can be turned. We would have gotten it, but the problem is it costs $20,000. Maybe next year.

We go into several stores and even go into the Silver Dollar Bar, where the stools at the bar are saddles. Ride'em cowboy. If after several drinks you fall out of the saddle, you can't ride or drive home. We spend the afternoon in town, and eat a prime rib dinner at the Teton Steak House. Very Good! After dinner, we headed back to the motor home and call it an early night.