It seems that we are in the habit of fall vacations when we can't chance going to the Caribbean because of hurricanes. We have been quite pleased with our choices in the West and will continue to explore our nation's parks. We have learned that we love the mountains and enjoy both the weather and the scenery.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Day Ten: A day in the Tetons

We diiated from the itinerary today and went to the Tetons instead of straight to the lake area.  The reason for this is because tomorrow and Monday are forcasted to be nasty and cold. Today was supposed to be nice and warm, so instead of loosing all our Grand Teton time to bad weather, we went down there today and will take our chances on the weather to finish up here in Yellowstone.  We are at the Lake Lodge tonight, on the shore of Yellowstone lake.  There is no TV, no radio, no cell phone service, no news paper and no Internet service in this who;le part of the park.  So I can only hope that yesterday and today get posted before we get home.
We left Old Faithful this morning and headed south, through the remainder of Yellowstone and into Grand Teton National Park.  We decided to do the Teton Loop while the weather was nice and we completed it just as a pasing shower came through.  There were not many animals out showing themselves.  We did see a black bear on the way to the top of Signal Mountain but I couldn't get a picture of him (or her).  On the way back to Yellowstone, we did se two herds of bison.   Lately, since the first day, we had seen only solitary males so it was good to see the whole family.  We saw a couple of moose (no antlers) along the banks of the Snake River, so I guess that will have top do.  The Teton Mountains are amazing and filled in the gap the lack of animals left.  The drive back to Lake Lodge was long and maybe driving down there created extra driving but it was beautiful. 
We have had dinner and are geng ready to do some laundry, since both of us are out of underwear.  I hope to be able to send this tomorrow from somewhere in Teton National Park.  Sorry about the delay.

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