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Well, the wonderful mileage is gone. Lots of hills, and a gain of a couple 1000' of altitude resulted in a more realistic 14.7MPG by the time I hit The Tetons National Park. I decided to stick with US 26 rather than the shortcut into Jackson Hole of ID 31 & WY 22. I did that on a previous trip, and it is quite a haul over switchbacks and passes. I stopped to take a couple photos of rafts on the Snake River. A fairly mild section of the river, but it was one of the pull offs where I could see rafters. After that it was fighting the traffic in Jackson Hole, and on into the park. I'm in site 219 in the non generator section of Gros Ventre Campground. Dry camping at $12.00 per night with the senior pass. A good view (through the trees) of the Tetons behind the trailer.
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Rafting on the Snake River |
Rafting on the Snake River |
Site 219, Gros Ventre Campground, Tetons National Park |
About the Community |
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John Moulton "Pink House" |
Reed Moulton Garage/Pump house |
Barn |
John Moulton Barn |
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T. A. Moulton Barn |
T. A. Moulton Barn |
John Moulton Homestead |
John Moulton Bunk House |
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John Moulton "Pink House" |
Bad Sunset Light |
The Bison Herd at Mormon Row |
The Bison Herd at Mormon Row |
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On the Way Home |
I do have a 2 bar, -86db 4G LTE Verizon signal at my campsite (as well as a couple of bars of AT&T), better than having to drive into Jackson Hole as I did the last time I stayed in the campground. I was at the other end; maybe that makes the difference. In any case, I was able to post the photos and the first version of today's page. I hope to get out and add to it this afternoon.
I did drive out to Mormon Row, one of my favorite locations for photographs in the park. While I prefer earlier in the season when there is still snow on the Tetons, today's clouds look pretty good. I hope to get back around sunset for some evening photos. Other years I've been here there have been clear cloudless skies, so I'm hoping today's will hang in there.
Dinner will be a chicken paddy sandwich with broccoli.
I did go back after dinner, but the clouds mostly disappeared, and almost no color to the sunset. I did find the Bison herd at Mormon Row on the move. In fact, I had to take the long way back to the campground because the main herd was slowly crossing the road. I even had to wait for a second herd to cross the longer road before getting back to Gros Ventre.
Until Next Time -
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