Monday, June 26, 2017

All day in Grand Teton

We woke up early this morning, and headed out to Grand Teton National Park. Mom got a Senior Pass for $10 - lifetime pass for any National Park. Where as a regular pass for the car is $30, $50 to include Yellowstone. What a deal!!
We took the loop through Grand Teton. Passed Grand Teton Village and kept going to Jenny Lake.



We made it to the Jenny Lake Visitor Center and then we walked a little way and got to the boat dock. We paid a round trip ticket $15 for me, $12 for Mom. Took a 7-10 minute cruise over to the other side of Jenny Lake and then we hiked to Hidden Falls. Beautiful views of the Tetons, as well as a great hike/path to Hidden Falls.


It was so nice up at the Falls, the mist cooled us down from the hike to get there. There was an upper hike to see Jenny Lake, but we had gone far enough. There were people way up the mountain - crazy people!
Here's some more pics of Jenny Lake and the surrounding area.













After the hike, we took the boat back to the other side and headed back up on our way. We stopped at the dam of the Jackson Lake and Reservoir. See below. Great views of the mountains beyond.

Next stop was Jackson Lake Lodge - lots of people here. Different rooms with different food choices. Great views from the top too. This was right when you came up to the top floor.


Here's some more views.

I have a ton of pictures and will probably make a book or print out some canvas pics as I have some great shots of the Tetons.

I'm going to jump now to Grand Teton Village.
We went up on the Tram to the top. https://www.jacksonhole.com/summer-tram.html

Great views at the top of the mountains. Lots of snow still up there. This tram, the skiers and snowboarders can take up. I believe it goes up to 10k feet.


It was an amazing day. Great hike and great views.

I'm signing off as I'm going to sleep. Tomorrow is our last day in Jackson and we will be heading home too. We are still winging it and will figure out a way to get home as we don't want to go through the desert like we did on the way here.

Oh! one more -- we saw buffalo and antelope!

2 comments:

  1. I love snow in June. Enjoy and safe travels!

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    1. Isn't that crazy! I was in flip flops in the snow.

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