Wildlife and beauty abound

Hi all! This morning we were able to track down the glorious wildlife that live here in the Tetons. Of course, we had to leave the gate to do it!

First course: Elk.  We drove down the main road between our park/camping area and Jackson, Wyoming. It's about 30 miles. Off to the left, G exclaims, "Wow! Look at that!" It was an elk stag just standing in the gloaming. Then, when you look a little closer, there was a whole herd of them! It was still relatively dark, so the pictures weren't all that good. But later, after the sun started coming up, we got another "family photo" of a mama and three babies, along with a "papa" elk.

Then after the beautiful elk, we drove a little further, and the sun was illuminating my favorite rock formations, the grandiose Tetons. Interestingly, they gave the Tetons names.

The big one in the middle, that looks like the Matterhorn, is called Grand Teton. Middle Teton is the peak to the left; South Teton is the craggly one to the far left; and Teewinot Mountain is the craggly one on the right of Grand Teton. It truly is magnificent! There was this wonderful view too, once we drove down from the main road towards the Snake River.

To me this looks like something you would see in a painting or on a postcard; but I snapped it! It was perfect!

Second course: Bison herd. They were close to the street this time so that we could take pictures. The last few days they have been at least 500 yards away. Great if you're playing football; not so much if you want to take a photo.

So I'd say all in all it was a good morning. We spotted a fox, too, but he was too quick for the camera. Still no moose, bear, or wolves, but we'll still keep looking. We have one more day here, then it's off to Yellowstone. Woo hoo!

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