Blogs from Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States, North America - page 13

The south road leading out of Yellowstone linked directly into the Grand Teton National Park. An American tourist at Old Faithfully told us, “the Grand Teton Mountains come straight out of the ground”. Ben and I laughed at this, “of course where else do the mountains come from?” When we got there however I understood exactly what he meant when he said it. Unlike most mountains ranges, which gradually build with little mountains and hills first, the Grand Teton’s just appear with no preliminary accumulation. The mountains do just appear to come ‘straight out of the ground’. We slowly drove through the Grand Teton National Park, making a brief stop for lunch and of course at the gift shop. As we drove through the park, the sheer beauty of the mountains astounded me. Sharply cut into ... read more

I took a four day jaunt down to Grand Teton National Park and took a nice three day tour of some of the glacial lakes at the base of the Teton range and Two Oceans lake in the Northeastern part of the Park. Day 1: Two Oceans Lake and Hermitage Point The first day started out very bland and overcast with threats of drizzly doom intermittent thru-out my hike around Two Ocean's lake. The whole day I saw hardly a soul except for the occasional coyote, moose cow, and a whole herd of elk doing their thang out in the willy wacks. It was a little intimidating being out in bear country by myself, but armed with my trusty walking stick and a healthy dose of paranoia to fuel my sporadic and random shouts, songs, and ... read more