We will be here for another 11 days, decided to drive over Teton Pass to go to Jackson and to the Visitor's Center of Grand Teton National Park. We had been here 25 years ago, hiked Jenny Lake, stayed only 3 days, then moved on. This time we want to do more here, taking our time to hike some trails. One of the things I remembered and wanted to see again - the antler arches located on the square of Jackson. Yep, still there, Jackson still is just as touristy as it was back then. Only visited a couple of stores then left. We thought we were lost when we started driving north on Route 89 (same one we were on before in Utah) since we couldn't find the visitor's center of the national park. Stopped to take a couple pictures of the peaks along the roadway and then discovered if we drove another mile north we would have made it to the center. Lots and lots of people at the national park, why would we think otherwise? This is summer, vacations for families, tour buses abound, too many people. We did do a quick little hike right out of the visitor's center, Dave got some great pics of some butterflies that were following us around.
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| Peaks of the mountains with heavy cloud cover |
But we did accomplish what we wanted to do yesterday - got literature on best places to view the mountains/wildlife/trails to go on. When we got back into Jackson (it is Jackson, not Jackson Hole - Hole refers to the meadows between the Wasatch Mountains and the Rocky Mountains that Jackson is located) and went to Jackson's visitor center to get more literature on other things to do. And then - we had to travel back over the pass to get back into Idaho and home. This pass will be driven anytime we want to go hiking at the Tetons, the only other road over is north and it's West Yellowstone where you come into Yellowstone National Park. And we have decided not to go to Yellowstone now but capture it on our way back from Montana's adventures as we head back south to Arizona. Dealing with heavy rain and thunderstorms now (Pineapple Express fronts) so won't venture back over until Tuesday.
We will be here for another 11 days, decided to drive over Teton Pass to go to Jackson and to the Visitor's Center of Grand Teton National Park. We had been here 25 years ago, hiked Jenny Lake, stayed only 3 days, then moved on. This time we want to do more here, taking our time to hike some trails. One of the things I remembered and wanted to see again - the antler arches located on the square of Jackson. Yep, still there, Jackson still is just as touristy as it was back then. Only visited a couple of stores then left. We thought we were lost when we started driving north on Route 89 (same one we were on before in Utah) since we couldn't find the visitor's center of the national park. Stopped to take a couple pictures of the peaks along the roadway and then discovered if we drove another mile north we would have made it to the center. Lots and lots of people at the national park, why would we think otherwise? This is summer, vacations for families, tour buses abound, too many people. We did do a quick little hike right out of the visitor's center, Dave got some great pics of some butterflies that were following us around.
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