Blogs from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States, North America - page 5

Saturday June 26th Daily Information High temp: 74 Low temp: 49 Campground Elevation: 6,822 above sea level Highest Elevation: 10,450 above sea level Lowest Elevation: 6,822 above sea level Traveled 125 miles Departed 10:30AM (Local) Weather wonderful cool and low humidity. Highlights Grand Teton peak in the clouds, awesome Saw White Pelicans, Really Going to Jackson I saw my first Bison (Tetonka, Indian for buffalo) with many friends 61 degrees at 11:30MDT cool Drove along the Snake River with the Tetons in the background Ate at the “Bunnery” and I had my first Buffalo Burger, Hmmmm In Jackson there were Elk antler arches, huge Then went to Teton Village and took the Jackson Hole Tram to The top of Rendezvous Mountain10,450 feet, lots of snow patches, blowing cold Saw two moose At the Jackson Lodge back ... read more

Mark and then Liz posting: It is hard to believe that Liz and I have been in Jackson for nearly four months already. And despite the fact that winter never truly arrived, we have had made the most of the weather that was given to us. I was surprised to find out that Jackson has received 300 inches of snow so far this year and that is 60% of what could typically be expected at this point in the season. It does not seem as though there has been that much snow because those totals are measured higher up in the mountains - and for one reason or another there has been very little accumulation at the base. Still Liz and I have used our ski passes at Snow King a couple dozen times which has ... read more

Liz posting: Well it has been a long time and I've been telling Mark that I would post now for weeks...so apologies to all of our adoring fans. We have been receiving "posting requests" from both sides of our families, which we love- we are in demand! We haven't posted something since before Christmas, so we do have a lot to catch up on. Christmas was nice, but it didn't seem quite like Christmas without the normal travel, shopping, wrapping presents, and, mostly, lots of family surrounding us. That said, we did have a really great time which was made all the better by the packages we received from around the US. My aunt, who lives a few houses away from us, received a number of the packages for us. She would sneak into the house ... read more

Mark Posting (please note that many of the pictures do not correspond to the blog - most are from a walk we took yesterday): I need to write something so that Liz does not completely hijack the blog. Unfortunately this will be the third entry in three days so the amount of untold material is limited. Therefore it is perfect timing to fulfill a promise I made a while back to convey our "national lampoon's" camping stories from this past summer. Liz and I have already referred to ourselves as Clark and Ellen Griswold on a couple occasions and these stories reinforce our standing as their alter egos. It is also fitting since National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is one of my favorite movies to watch this time of year. Unfortunately, it is packed away neatly in ... read more

Liz posting: Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas. While our job prospects in the Jackson area are currently not promising, we keep hoping and looking for things to perk up. We are determined, though, to not let that get us down. This will be our first Christmas away from our families and and we are going to make the best of it. We do own some Christmas decorations, but they are all packed away in a basement in Missouri. A lot of good that does us out here. On black Friday, early afternoon, we scored some great deals on Christmas lights, ornament balls and snowflakes. We then found some glitter so that we could personalize our bargain basement finds. So yesterday, we hiked an hour into the mountains and to a certain area to ... read more