Sunday, July 19th we departed Texarkana and headed toward Wyoming.
sunset in Western Kansas.
This rainbow was in Southern Wyoming I think.
We drove through the night and arrived in Jackson Hole, WY Monday afternoon.
Jackson Hole is a neat town. Throughout the town there are archways, chandeliers and other things made from Elk antlers. There are 100's of shops all around the main square. Mostly souvenir shops, but also some art galleries with beautiful paintings and photography.
Throughout the next week we traveled to Old Faithful in Yellowstone and took some hikes around the Tetons.
There was a spot we found in Yellowstone on our way back to our campground where there was a lone buffalo. It wasn't long before a van pulled up with a man and woman in it. They were from Texas. The man got out of the van and marched right into the field near the buffalo. Apparently, this buffalo didn't like being disturbed by this guy and charged him. The man ended up climbing a pine tree and had to wait and wait. This buffalo nearly tore down a different pine trying to get to this guy. Eventually the buffalo moved to another spot and before you know it this guy was running out of the little grove of trees and heading for his wife. This couple were newlyweds.
This is the buffalo that had the guy up the tree. This was just before he got here.
This is Sam's bride. You can see the buffalo in the tree line. Sam is up one of those trees trying to avoid the wrath of the beast.
We fished and hiked and rested. The nights were cold. Wrapped in sleeping bags and fleece hats kept us all warm enough. The temperatures dropped rapidly just after sunset and it didn't get dark for a few hours after sunset.
This line of cars was being held up by a herd of buffalo crossing the road. It was double long behind us. Cars as far as you can see front and back.
On Sunday July 26th I took Jeff and Steve from the Tetons to Pinedale to meet up with the 4 other backpacking guys. They headed off toward the Wind River Range to do their man thing.
While they were gone we went back to Jackson, toured Yellowstone, and hiked more in the Tetons.
We saw one moose, a grizzly bear, prong horn, elk, buffalo, a falcon, were in the presence of 3 black bear that we never could actually see, ground squirrel, chipmunks, raven, a fox, mule deer.... ah, I think that is it.
Above.. this mule deer made an apperance about 3 times during our stay. One day she came right up close to our dining tent.
There is tons and tons of sage brush. Adam took a moment or two to play in it.
Adam and Victoria also built a "raft". It actually floated.
The little critters were very friendly and begged shamelessly for food.
This sign was a joke for us. We only saw one female moose. It wasn't even near this spot either.
It was a wonderful vacation. We are really glad to be home. I could post a billion photos, but there just isn't enough time.
So I will say goodbye and The End.
