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

Travelling with 10 other guys in a minibus ..... mixed group, Dutch, Italian, Scotish, Australians. Yosemite first, Great waterfalls and scenery. Buffalo, Elk, Chipmunks...Everybody back on the bus. Craters of the Moon Park next. Pitching tents and trying to cook in the dark. Been put in to teams of 3 by our tour guide Andras.... One 'cool dude'. Yellowstone next, First wet Beaver for many! Elk, Buffalo, Marmots, Chipmunks..... no bears yet )-: .... Everybody back on the bus!! As we've got to know each other the silly games have started. 'Dick of the Day' has to wear a silly red white and blue mullet for the day and get photographed with a member of the public somehow. We had a Wal-Mart competition.... photo of the fattest person and get photoed with an enployee. Ben (jellyface) ... read more

Howdy from Granite Hot Springs, Wyoming. We’re wrapping up another great day outside of Jackson Hole near Hoback Junction. This morning, we went on a scenic, white water rafting trip down the Snake River with the Teton Expeditions. Initially, I thought that the river might be a little rough for the girls, but when I saw little, old ladies getting on the raft with oxygen tanks - I knew that we were in for a calm ride down the river. Our guide, Dave, did all of the paddling from the back and the raft and we were in charge of relaxing and watching for wildlife. During our fourteen mile float, we did see some pelicans and osprey, but the most impressive were the bald eagles and their nests. I’ve never seen a bald eagle outside of ... read more

Last night, we spent the night at Gros Ventre campsight which is near the Grand Tetons and just north of Jackson. After dinner, we went for a little hike at dusk and saw a large, female moose about 100 yards in front of us. We used the binoculars to watch it for a while - incredible! Afterwards, Tony and Julia hunted for fire wood and made our first rip roarin' fire. We wanted to make S'mores, but we didn't have any chocolate. Tony came up with the idea to subsititute chocolate pudding instead. It tasted great! This morning, we drove into Jackson Hole. We finally feel like we're in an authentic cowboy town! Everything is so tough and rugged around here. With the Tetons as a backdrop, the view around town is breath-taking! We spent the ... read more

After an almost six hour flight to New York across Greenland and the Atlantic ocean we arrived at JFK airport. I must admit i was expecting the worst from immigration having had several grillings before. However perhaps arriving with a plane load of harmless Icelandic was the way to go as I have never had such a laidback entrance into the U.S. No sign of George Bush's ugly portrait thankfully we went straight through to get fingerprinted, photographed and stamped into the U.S. Interesting they use sniffer beagles like Sydney airport too. Not one question was asked on how long was our stay, where we were going...etc... very impressed. Outside the airport were lines of yellow cabs and loud touts. We tried the hotel desk and a bored looking young man called a few overpriced hotels ... read more

We are currently in Jackson Hole, WY- our future home. We've decided that we are definitely going to move here. It's incredible. We are in love with the town of Jackson, but the Grand Tetons are what sold us. They are INCREDIBLE! As we were driving from Buffalo, we couldn't see them yet and we kept thinking they would show up eventually. Then we turned a corner and BAM! There they were and we got out of the car screaming because we were so excited! They are soooo cool. We've done a lot of hiking in the past 3 days here. The first night in the Tetons, we camped at a very cool campground. Unfortunately, it was very chilly... 30 degrees chilly. Luckily, Allison has an old camp friend, Maddy Bennett, who lives with her husband ... read more

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Quebec 2002: The Ice World Cup is holding an event in Quebec City. It's cold. I go into the Petzl trailer to get a little quesadilla. Sitting across from me is Stephen Koch (http://www.stephenkoch.com): Stephen is a strong alpinist, living Jackson Hole. He is out here for the comp. We get talking. As always, I am wondering what the next step in my life is going to be (5years later, I am still wondering what my next step in life is... I'm obvioulsy not great at that standard 5 year projection!!!!). Stephen suggests that I get in touch with Exum Mountain Guides (www.exumguides.com), a guiding outfitter located in Jackson Hole, WY. The thought really appeals to me. I have been seriously considering becoming a mountain guide and this could give me a great feel for doing ... read more