Saturday, June 23, 2012

Freshwater Road Trip 2012 - Teton National Park & Jackson Hole

 After a day and a half in Yellowstone, we drove south to Grand Teton National Park.  Our first stop was Jackson Lake.



 Next, we made our first stop at Jenny Lake.





 We checked into the Four Seasons, where Logan was greeted with moose ears and 'ants on a log'.
 We explored Jackson Hole and Logan found a rock wall to climb.
 We took the gondola to the top of the ski hill.
 And then we went to the pool.

 The next day in Jackson Hole, we took a horseback riding around the mountains at Spring Creek Ranch.  Aaron and Logan rode Sal while Jenny rode Dakota.






 In the afternoon, we went back to Jenny Lake.  This time we took the shuttle to the other side of the lake where we did a very steep hike to Inspiration Point.














 Our last morning in Jackson Hole, we took the Areal Tram to the top of Mt. Rendezvous.  We were up over 10,000 ft.



 The air was too thin for major hiking, so we had waffles at the top at Corbet's Cabin.

 On the way from Jackson Hole to Boise, we stopped at Shoshone Falls in Twin Falls, Idaho.
 We stayed the night in Boise and saw the Capitol of Idaho.
 On the way back, we stopped for lunch at a the Terra Blanca winery.

Freshwater Road Trip 2012 - Yellowstone National Park

 We drove from Coeur D'Alene through Idaho and Montana.  We stopped for the night in Bozeman, MT before we arrived at Yellowstone National Park.




 The first stop on Yellowstone was Mammoth Hot Springs.













 We saw some bison along the way.  These were the first of many bison grazing in the park.

 Logan is standing in front of a 1.5M year old petrified tree.

 We decided to take a couple of mile hike to Lost Lake for a picnic lunch.




 Next we visited the water falls along the upper and lower rim of the park.
















 Our last stop on the first day in the park was the Artist Paint Pots.  Paint pots are boiling hot springs in a variety of colors.





 We found more bison on our way out of the park on day 1.  This time there were also babies.

 Our second day in Yellowstone began with a visit to the Fountain Paint Pots.



 Next, we visited Grand Prismatic spring.
 Next to the spring was the Opal Pool.

 We spent some time in the Old Faithful gift shop while waiting for the geyser.
 Here's Old Faithful erupting.
 Some rest and relaxation before we headed to Grand Teton Park.