What wonderful scenery coming up up the middle of Wyoming and into the Tetons! Landscape changed from rolling hills covered in sage bush to majestic glacier-covered mountains steeped in lodge pole pines.
In the picture above, we stopped on the side of the road in lower Wyoming. Beautiful skies and steep hills.
The city of Fort Washakie is a cute town and they stamp the surrounding hills!
This is our first glimpse of the Tetons. Wow, right?
Above is the RV at our site at basically the only campground with full hookups in the Teton National forest--Colter Bay park.
Shot of the Tetons from Colter Bay Village.
Here, you see Gina and I on Elk Island for a rustic dinner as part of a lake excursion. We initially thought the "Dinner Cruise" would be a larger boat that we would travel along the lake and enjoy the sites while having dinner served. What we ended up having was a crowded small boat (one of two) that boats out and around Elk Island stopping on the island for a rustic BBQ-style dinner on picnic tables. Eh, it was ok and we were out and about. The dinner included grilled corn, cowboys beans, bread, taters, steak, and trout. Desert was cobbler from a tin. Our boat Captain was Captain Ron and our first mate was Terry. They asked if anyone could assist if called upon and I raised my hand as I always tend to do. They made me second mate...whatever that means.
Above is a cool shot of the Tetons in the morning haze as we headed into the city Jackson.
This town is entirely a tourist trap. I didn't see any other housing or stores other than tourist-oriented ones. Still, it was cool and we had a great dinner at a place called "Local Restaurant and Bar" that included my first taste of Buffalo (burger), onion soup, seared ahi tuna salad, and oyster shooters (real treat).
Elk antlers adorn the 4 corners of the central square. All animals with antlers shed them every year and grow another pair. The boy scouts collect the horns and sell them at auction. The rotary club created these structures with the antlers collected. How do I know? Cause there was a placard explaining it next to the antlers! By-the-way, animals with horns, such as cattle/bison, do not shed their horns. Horns are bone while antlers are similar to our fingernails.
Two shots above of us posing with the statues spattered about the place.
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