Leaving Yellowstone Oct 6th
We left our hotel in Yellowstone West early on Saturday morning for our last trip through the park. We took our time because we were still optimistic about catching a closer look at some Bears or maybe a Moose or two. We saw a squirrel, or two, before exiting the park for the last time via the south gate.
I doubt we will ever see Yellowstone again but we have wonderful memories and photos to help remember as the years slip by.
The Grand Teton and Jackson Oct 6th to 9th
Just after Leaving Yellowstone National Park we entered Grand Teton National Park. Withing minutes we were struck by the difference in the landscape. We found ourselves driving through wide open spaces with a backdrop of the Grand Teton Mountain Range, magnificent.
We booked a hotel in Jackson as our base for this part of our road trip.After checking in we went to have a look at the town. What better way to start our stay in Jackson that to taste their local beers. We popper into The Million Dollar Cowboy bar, Check out the bar stools in the photo below.
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| Bar Stools with a difference |
In addition to enjoying everything the beautiful town of Jackson, and the Grand Teton has to offer we set ourselves a target to capture some images of the, to date, elusive Moose. We checked with some locals about the best locations for spotting moose. We had been told that the Grand Teton area around Jackson represented our best opportunity to get some photos. We were convinced that we could not fail over the coming three days............
Brenda took this opportunity to have her photo taken with an Elk.
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| Brenda and Elk in Jackson |
The photo below includes a small part of a Mormon Homestead (now derelict) established in the late eighteen hundreds. We came across this while moose 'hunting'. We had no problem spotting Bison and Pronghorn Antelope, but no moose.
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| Morman Homestead established in the late eighteen hundreds. see link below |
We went to ranger headquarters on the last evening of our stay. The ranger on duty pointed out a location on the map where Moose are most frequently seen. She also said the best times to spot them was either dawn or dusk. We rose at 6am the next morning, grabber a very early and quick breakfast and set out to complete our mission.
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| The only moose we managed to photograph |
This is the only Moose we found. We did spot another couple in the distance mostly obscured by tree trunks. The images are not really very good and not worthwhile displaying.
We did however get some nice images of the mountains as the sun came up. We also spotted some elk. We were glad we made the effort. However, we still wanted to see a large Moose with their iconic antlers. We hit the road again heading south east.
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| The Grand Teton range at 8am |
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Stag calling out to his herd, some had crossed the road but the remainder were waiting for the humans to move on.
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The town of Jackson has more galleries than you could visit in a week. Many include fine art depicting the rich western history of the State. Spectacular, life size, bronze works of local animals, cowboys, Native Americans in full ceremonial dress can be purchased if you remortgage the house. Paintings in oil, acrylic, water colours are everywhere and ranging in price from barely affordable to works that only wealthy collectors could purchase. Taxidermy is also a thriving industry in Jackson. If it lives locally you can have it mounted. Still not sure where I stand on this one.
Jackson, Jackson Hole - Wikipedia - Images on line
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