I can’t help it. I’ve about a hundred or two new photos on my i-Phone from this road trip we took in June. And I can’t wait to share them with you. HUH? You don’t want to see ALL the photos? Awwwwww. Okay. That’s fair.
So where do I begin? At the beginning, of course! 10 A.M – Thursday, June 13. Today’s destination: Casper, Wyoming, about an 8-hour drive from Idaho Falls. We’re driving west now – on Highway 26 – out of Idaho Falls toward Jackson, Wyoming.
Approaching Swan Valley.
It’s going to be a beautiful drive!
Every so often you see the peaks of the Tetons poking up on the horizon.
We turn left at Swan Valley onto Highway 31 toward Victor, Idaho and the Teton pass.
We have just passed over the Teton pass summit. Here we are, overlooking Jackson ‘Hole’
Making the descent toward Jackson now
Except, we turn left after Wilson, to bypass Jackson, onto Moose Wilson Road.
The Tetons come into full view.
There is nothing quite so magnificient as the Tetons painted across the sky on a vibrant June day.
The view changes every few seconds. Don’t want to miss the show!
It’s amazing how close we get to them by car (with maybe a little help from a zoom lens…)
The Grand is the tallest Peak, at 13,770 feet. The two peaks to the right are Mount Owen and Teewinot. To the left are the Middle and South Tetons. This link:
http://faculty.deanza.edu/donahuemary/stories/storyReader$2802
gives you the names and elevations of all the peaks:
“Pull over at the scenic overview for tourists, honey, so I can snap a photo of all the peaks!”
“Naw. You’ve seen the Tetons a hundred times. We still have a 6-hour drive ahead.”
But …. “We’ll never see the Tetons again as they look today!” (I wanted to call out, but I suppose he’s right. Also, he’s the one driving, while I’m the one, uh, snapping photos.)
I snap a photo of the Teton’s as we whiz past the scenic overview on the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway.
I have to admit. The photo looks remarkably similar to the June photo I took of the Tetons several years back, now framed and hanging on a wall at home.
We have passed the Tetons now, headed for Moran junction, where we turn south. Wait a minute! They’re in my rear view mirror!
Visible as ever. They are just behind us now.
“Are we coming back this way?” I ask the driver (David).
“No.”
“What are you doing?” He asks.
“The Tetons are in the rearview mirror! And out the back window! We are missing the view you get when you approach Jackson from this direction!”
Here’s my last shot of the Tetons as we approach Moran Junction and head south.
We’re headed into the the Absaroka mountains now.
This view of the Absaroka peaks opens up and and disappears very quickly
after you round that curve.
Well, that’s my photo tour, that gets us as far as Dubois, Wyoming, where we stop for lunch – on the first day of our six-day road trip (uh, minor detail there).
I did take one photo in Dubois. At the place we pulled into for lunch with the sign out front that said “Cafe.”
This precious little notice was posted inside the restaurant on their bulletin board:
I guess life is pretty much the same every where you go.
Tags: The Absaroka's, The Tetons
The Decompression of a Boomer 
July 16, 2013 at 7:41 pm |
LOVE IT!!!!!
July 16, 2013 at 7:44 pm |
Love the sign and of course the photos!! Did you get dizzy from they’ve movement of the car while photographing?
July 16, 2013 at 8:12 pm |
No, but I think the Tetons were a little dizzy.