Escape to Yellowstone 2020

King of the Mountain  Today is our last day in Jackson Hole Valley.     Tomorrow we will begin our journey home to Alabama.  We will drop Harry and Amanda at the Jackson Airport.  Their flight will leave at 7:30 A.M.  Linda and I will be driving out about the same time.  Harry and Amanda will arrive back in Atlanta around 6:30 P.M. and then drive to Prattville.  Linda and I have stops planned in Estes Park, CO, Amarillo, TX, and Conway AR.  We are stopping in Estes Park for two nights to tour the Rocky Mountain National Park.  We plan to be back in Alabama sometime Saturday,  We would like to be there to watch the Auburn- Georgia game on T.V. This has been a great trip.  We have explored the Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Teton National Park.  We have seen elk in both parks.  We have seen buffalo in both parks.  We have seen moose in the Grand Teton Park.  Today we took an early drive into the Grand...

Old Faithful  Our day-off ended, back on schedule.  We left Jackson Hole for Yellowstone.  Today's schedule is the "Old Faithful" Geyser, the Grand Prismatic Spring, the Black Basin, and our continuing search for the elusive bear. Yellowstone was the first National Park established in the U.S. It was established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President U.S. Grant on March 1, 1872. It is known for its wildlife  and many geothermal features. There about 10,000 hydrothermal geysers in the Yellowstone. Old Faithful is the most recognized.  It erupts about every 90 minutes.  Just be patient and your patience will be rewarded with an eruption. The Grand Prismatic Spring is the Yellowstone's largest hot spring.  The tourists flock by the thousands to view this spring.  Parking is a problem, as we can attest.  It is beautiful.  If you go there, don't miss it. We saw everything we wanted to see except for a bear.  We had lunch i...

 Today we decided to take an Auburn holiday.  It was a cold, rainy day in Jackson Hole Valley.  What better way to spend a day like this than watching Auburn play Kentucky on opening day of SEC football.  We got up,  Harry built a fire, Linda made the coffee, and Amanda made "pigs in a blanket" for breakfast.  I sat by the fire, drank the coffee, and ate the "pigs in a blanket". Great fire, great coffee, and great breakfast. It was time for a great football game. Fortunately our T.V. got the SEC Network in Wyoming.  Auburn kicked off at 10:00 A.M. Linda and Amanda made an hors d'oeuvre's tray with assorted crackers and assorted cheeses.  Auburn won the game 29 to 13. Good company, good fire, good game.   We watched football the rest of the day and evening and saw some exciting games.  Lunch was Linda's taco soup and for dinner, Harry and I cooked hamburgers on the grill. One other thing.  Last night, Harry and Amanda took Linda...

 Today we are on a mission.  We have seen buffalo and elk.  Now our plans are to find a moose and a wolf.  We will also find the T.A. Moulton Barn.  The barn is located on Antelope Flat Road just pass Moose Junction. Photographers from around the world and Alabama stop by the barn to capture this iconic historic structure with the Teton range in the background. The Mormon migrants were sent from Salt Lake City to this area to establish a new community. They arrived here in 1890 and established 27 homesteads.  The homes were in close proximity to each other to share labor and community.  The original community name was Grovont.  It is now known as Mormon Row.  The settlers built a number of levees and ditches from the nearby Gros Ventre River.  Water from these canals was used for irrigation, and water still flows from some of these ditches today.  It was not until 1950 that electricity was brought to this area.  By then most of...

picnic in bear country  Located in the northeastern corner of the Yellowstone is Lamar Valley. It is known as one of the best locations in the Yellowstone to view buffalo, bears, and wolves. The valley is often called America's Serengeti because of the large animals you can see along the Lamar River.  This valley is located approximately 160 miles from our condo.  I drove, Harry navigated, and Linda and Amanda sat in the back and supervised.  We left on the trip at 9:00 A.M. and after numerous stops along the way, arrived in Lamar about 3:00.  We saw a lot of buffalo, but no bears or wolves. We then turned around and headed back to Jackson. On our way to Lamar Valley we stopped at the "Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone" and took pictures of the waterfalls and the canyon.  The best way to describe it is the views are stunning.  We continued on, driving through Hayden Valley.  The Yellowstone River flows through this valley and several herds of buffal...

Linda and I drove to Wyoming and Harry and Amanda let Delta take them on a tour of the U.S. at 35,000'. Linda and I picked Harry and Amanda up at the Jackson airport and once they settled in we took them on a local tour of Jackson.  We drove down the Moose-Wilson Road in search of a moose.  Traffic signs said " Warning, Moose in the Road".  With our cameras ready we were looking for a moose.  We stopped in at the Mangy Moose store in Teton village, bought some snacks, and drove to Albertson's in Jackson.  We did not see a moose on the return trip. At Albertson's we bought provisions for the next day's trip into  Yellowstone.  Tomorrow we will drive to Lamar Valley.  Maybe we can see a moose then. After getting back to our condo we started the grill.  I had bought a buffalo ribeye to cook on the grill.  It was very good, very tough.  Check that box. We then had a great meal of beef filet, salad, baked potato, salad, and wine.  A...