Images of Teton and Yellowstone trip

On the drive from Rawlins,WY hillsides like these were a frequent sight.

Here's one of our's early glimpses of the Teton Mountain Range from about 30 miles away.

I think this is Teewinot Mountain in the background where we pulled into a turnout as Ian had spotted bison moving at a distance - a little too far to photograph well.

Cool how this cloud mass appears to linger over the mountain top.

Another turnout along the way to Driggs.

On Saturday we drove the length of Teton National Park from south to north stopping at several places along the way.

Jenny Pond at the south end.

Jackson Lake Dam.

The marina next to the Colter Bay Visitor Center.

On Sunday we decided to hike up a trail to Table Rock which looks across a ravine from Grand Teton. This was to be about a 3 to 4 hour approach much of it straight up rocky trail, across mud paths, old winter snow and a rock field.


The trail offered many terrific views across the valley from the ridge we traversed.


This wood grouse was a pleasant surprise as I crested a steep portion of the trail. It was about the size of a rugby ball and initially didn't seem disturbed by our intrusion to it's solitude by our impromptu photo session. It eventually clambered down along the log and into the brush beyond.


This is where things leveled off a bit and we were able to move along steadily on a path.

Ian taking stock of our progress.

Again good fortune as we came across a red fox that tolerated our presence for a few minutes before moving along himself.

Across the rock field our goal, Table Rock. Carol and I were running on empty by the time we reached the snow field at the foot of the table but Ian, Greg and Jonny were able to get to the top. I'll post some pictures of that in a future blog. That's Grand Teton sticking up on the right, it is actually higher than the table.

This is now Monday and we made our first foray into Yellowstone Park.

Norris Geyser Basin Trail was an excellent starting point, not much geyser action but the trail and boardwalks around the geyser sites and hot springs were fascinating none the less.

Ian and Jonny waiting on the "old" folks.

Carol taking a photo of Greg and Bev.

On Tuesday's trip to Yellowstone we caught up with Old Faithful.

After seeing the famous geyser Carol, Ian and I took a short nature hike.

Finally, our first encounter with a preoccupied bison grazing along the road side with about a dozen or so cars jockeying for a position to get close for a photo op. We had pulled up ahead of the action and the bison came to and by us.

The waterfall and canyon at Canyon Village.

Jonny, Bev and Greg, holding up well after another long day riding from venue to venue.

Today Greg, Bev, Jonny and Ian returned to Yellowstone which is a two hour drive from our condo just to get the the park gate. Carol and I chose to make a easy going day of it. We visited some shops here in Driggs and the drove cross country to Idaho Falls then looped back and viewed some great scenery ourselves.