Today we started out by having a nice breakfast with Gene and Judy and then Clark and Gene went for a drive to get some morning light photos of the Tetons. Sharon, Judy, and the boys went over to the Native American Museum here in the Colter Bay visitor center. The intense winds from last night are gone now and the sky is a deep, clear blue that is amazing. I think all that wind blew any particles. The weather today is cool and pleasant.
There is so much spectacular scenery here, you can’t go more than a few miles before pulling over for another photo or short hike. Some of the notable stops were at Oxbow Bend and Willow Flats. Got a nice photo of a white Pelican over the Snake River at the Oxbow stop.
Before heading back to the camp for lunch, I fired up the GPS and it says there is a geocache near the Jackson Lake Lodge, only a couple of miles from our location. We follow it to a nice little park called Lunch Tree Hill, which after a short hike leads us to a truly spectacular view point above Willow Flats and Jackson Lake, looking directly at the Tetons! We decided we would have to bring the rest of the troupe back here for sunset view.
There are people from all over the country and world at the campground here. Talked to a family from Germany for a while – they were having a great time taking in all the sights. We compared notes on how kids relate to nature – good discussion.
Our RV adventure is getting more interesting. Not only is this like living in a doll house, but the interior lights hardly work at night. We all thought we were getting real tired at dark, but it was just the darn lights! After a few calls to Cruise America (or is that Curse America?) they gave us a solution: start up the motor!) Geeze…
After another hearty dinner of hot dogs and veggie burgers, we pick one of the many trails right here in Colter Bay to walk off the grub. The Lakeshore trail hike out to the point is very nice and there is no one else around. We take a bunch of photos and work at making some kerns on the rocky beaches. Sharon is best at this, as usual! Hers has about 7 layers and mine has three.
At sundown, we head back to Lunch Tree Hill to watch the sun set and for some serious stargazing. Pete seems real interested in this because the night before we went to the ranger program and it was about stargazing. It is incredibly dark here at night, but unfortunately the moon is nearly full, so we can really see only the brightest stars and planets. We did get to see Venus setting over the Teton Mountains, something you don’t see every day!
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