Teton National Park

9/14/2008 Teton National Park
Today we head for Teton National Park and start by heading to Teton Village. While in town yesterday, we bought tickets to ride the gondola at the Jackson Hole Mountain Sky Resort. So that is the first thing we plan on doing this morning when we get going.

We ride the gondola up the mountain. Wow, what a view. The whole Jackson Hole valley is opened before you, miles of valley. At the top of the mountain, there are a number of people that are parasailing. And with the gondola pass, they can sail down and then take the gondola back up and do it all day long, or until they get tired. There are also a couple of hawks flying around. Neat to watch, but we do not have all day so we go back down the mountain to continue our trip.

We head north from Teton Village and part of the road is dirt, but we are in Teton National Park, so the road is not very bad. We continue and pick up rt 89/191 and head north to complete the loop around the park. There are fantastic views of the Teton mountains, they are truly majestic. It is hard to not stop at each turnout for viewing. We do stop at a couple to get some good pictures and to see the Snake River in the valley. (And no, if you're asking, this time I did not go rafting, I did that the last time we were here.) We continue to Moran and stop at the Oxbox turn out. It is reputed to have sightings of bear and moose, but neither are there. We stop and wait for about 15 minutes then leave to continue the loop.


We begin to retrace the road that we drove to Jackson in the motor home. This is the Teton Park road and inner loop. All along the loop road the views of the mountain range are unbelievable. The mountains stand so tall, majestic. We head down towards Jenny Lake along a one-way road. We stop at another overlook and it is unbelievable. How can you say over and over that the mountains are unbelievable? After going down to the lake and spending a number of minutes there and hiking along the shore, we leave.

We complete the loop and are back at the motor home at a reasonable time for a change. We complete some preparations for tomorrows departure, have dinner and will get some rest soon. Jackson has been a very good stop over. This place would be great in the winter is you ski, which we do not. The mountains in the snow would be something to see.

Tomorrow we head to the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area in Wyoming, then onto Apple Valley, California. It will take us a couple of days to reach our destination and there may not be any wifi access for awhile. Later.