Grand Tetons, WY and back again

Wednesday, I was ready by 7:30, but until Brad got ready we didn't leave until 10:00.  Rudy stayed at home today, hoping we could get the shuttle boat over Jenny Lake, but after a stop or two on the way, when we got there, there was no place to park and the lines were unbelievable.  We just pulled out....not much fun.  We stopped at a couple of the pull outs and checked out what they had to offer, stopped at the Craig Thomas Visitor Center.  From there we turned around and headed up to the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve but it was a 20-30 min wait to park....what the heck, we left and headed up the road to Teton Village.  Not a bad ride, we stumbled upon a moose that was right beside

Yes, the moose was close!

the road, snapped a few pics and moved on so the next car could get a picture. We finally get to Teton Village, or what they call Jackson Hole and did some strolling around, checking out the shops and then looking for a place for lunch.  I ended up picking the Mangy Moose, since it was on the food channel, we didn't think the food was bad, just not as great as some of the places they have recommended. After lunch we walked around for awhile, checking out all the gondola rides up to the top of the mountains, the zip lines (rather short and not much of a ride), the downhill bike rides and some of the other things they had to offer.  We hung out there until about 3:30 then headed home to rescue Rudy and give him a chance to walk.  We did a couple of loops around the park with Rudy and since we had a late lunch we had a light dinner, just a grilled sausage for each of us.  Off to bed for us, wishing we had more than one more day.

It was foggy while we were there, but the mountains are still beautiful.  Below are Pictures of our trip to Jackson, the Mountains, Lake Jenny, 'The Miller Farm', Teton Village (Jackson Hole) and a couple from Jackson.

 

Grand Teton Trip and picture: 

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Thursday I slept in until 7:30, got cleaned up then headed into town for breakfast.  We walked around for a while then over heard somebody talking about the 'Bunnery', so off we go for breakfast.  The food was great and we bought pastries for breakfast for tomorrow and a loaf of the 'OSM' Bread, "oat, sunflower seeds and millet" are the ingredients, not bad.  After breakfast we walked around for about an hour then headed home to get Rudy.  We packed up some waters and then headed out to the Elk Preserve.  Right after you enter the preserve there is a historic farm 'The Miller Farm' so we stopped there and got our overload of information, then headed out again to drive through the preserve.  No elk, but it was a nice ride with some beautiful views of the Tetons.  After that we headed home, dropped off Rudy then off again to the UPS store to send back the camera we bought....the monitor screen stopped working after 4 days, then to the grocery store...another $150.00 bucks and we have a little food in the refrigerator. :-(   We got home put the groceries away then decided on the 'Pizza Artisan' for dinner, another good choice.  The food was great, Brad tried the beer special, from a Snake River Brewery and I had the house wine, from a Jackson Hole Winery, both were pretty good.  After that we headed back home, got Rudy did some walking and now I am working on the blog while Brad is in control of the remote.....I can't keep up with the channel changing.  We are about ready to head back to Utah tomorrow, not looking forward to work but Brad is looking forward to the quiet and lack of people!!

Friday morning we didn't move a quick as we did when we were heading up to the Tetons, so it was 9:30 until we finally got on the road heading home.  It was a sad to be leaving as there was still so much we wanted to see and do, but now we know we'll be back.....maybe work there next year  :-)  It was an uneventful ride home, taking 191 the whole way and the scenery wasn't near as nice as the ride up.  We pulled in about 4:00, got hooked up, said 'Hi' to Don and Jan and then Jim came over for a drink, bringing his friend Julie and her dog Rosie.  We had a nice little chat, then they headed back to Jim's for dinner and we just had burgers and sweet corn, not a bad meal.  We finished cleaning up and opened our box of mail (full of chips, thanks Lynne) and were off to bed by 10:00. 

 Saturday 5:00 AM seemed to come awfully early, but we made it to work.  The morning started out slow, only about 140 people by 11:00 AM.  I kept checking the calendar to make sure it was Saturday and we didn't have our days mixed up, but right after we double checked the day, all heck broke loose.  Between 11:00 and 12:00 we had about 400 people head down the river....can you say 'over run'!!  It was busy and a bit crazy, but we survived and until we left at 1:30 the count was over 650 people....I'll never fuss about a quiet morning again.  We headed home, took Rudy for a short walk, grabbed a quick bite to eat then headed back to the spillway, this time we are headed down the river.

Mule deer on the river bank

  Adam was doing a trip down and invited us to go along, so about 3:00 we launched, this time in a Dory instead of a raft.  The water level is lower today and so the trip lasted about 2 hours, a beautiful sunny day and it felt good to get wet with the cool water.  Adam took us back to our car, then it was a rush home to rescue Rudy....the poor thing has been in his kennel since 6:30 this morning with about a 20 min. break in-between.  We got back and Jim came over to invite us out to dinner with him and Julie, but we had to decline, first off we were exhausted and didn't want to fall asleep in our plates and second, that would not have been fair to Rudy.  Brad cooked chicken on the grill and I made a veggie, after that Brad and Rudy went for their nightly walk while I cleaned up, did dishes, made coffee...etc.  Back home Brad gets ready for bed and crawls in about 9:30, with me following by 10:00. 

Sunday morning we are still tired, but we are at work.  The crowds are pretty slow yet today, so I am taking advantage of this time to work on the blog. 

 

Thank,

Diane and Brad