Grand Teton's & Yellowstone

K finally arrived and we've officially started our vacation.
We spent the weekend driving around Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Teton National Park area.

We made lots of photo stops for K. We had a great time although we didn't get to get out much - something about bears. K & D kept talking about seeing animals - hellooo - we're animals. I guess we weren't what they were looking for. All in all they were pretty happy - they saw lots of bison (they're everywhere) and elk (there's a lot of them too) and a moose, and a wolf and a fox and the big catch a BEAR. No wonder they wouldn't let us out of the truck to run around. Now, K might try to tell you that she hiked deep into the back country and tracked this critter for hours before being able to get a clear shot of him. Don't let her fool you - the little guy was about 50 feet from the highway, there was a Park Ranger directing traffic and people so no one got too close. There were probably 75 people standing there taking it's picture and one guy running around yelling GRIZZLY. Woof - what's the big deal. Just looks like a big sheep dog on steroids!

We drove up to Old Faithful and waited until it went off so K could get a picture. It's pretty neat, although it looks like someone knocked over a fire hydrant. Grrr!

We also drove over to Jackson Lake and Jenny Lake. Very pretty areas - but we couldn't get out - mud, snow, and then there's those bears again.

The weather has been great. The day time is around 70 to 80 and the nights are in the 30's and 40's. Good sleeping weather. Although we can sleep anytime.

Here's a slide show of some of the things we saw. (you can click to see them bigger or slow them down)




Tomorrow, we're off to some place in Montana. We'll write more when we have a connection (and when K will help us).