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Published: October 13th 2011
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Up at 6:45 to go to see sunrise over the mountains. Coffee and oatmeal then off to the marina again. We found that it was the last day for boat tours so we signed up for the 10:15 tour and went back to the camper to put Oscar in and got our heaver jackets and cameras and off we went. What a great boat ride all the way across the lake and up close and personal with the mountains. The narration was thorough and another opinion of the fire policy was heard but they also had stories of the past and how the park came to be. We are so blessed to have had people with the foresight to save pieces of paradise for future generations. This is one huge chunk. I can only think of what this country was like back in the day of the American Indian and the first fur trappers. The streams are so pristine, the air incredibly clear, and the fish and wildlife live a life of struggle but free from the guns of man.
After the boat ride we went back and had lunch, walked the dog and headed out in search of wildlife. I
don’t know why they are being so illusive but there is nothing to be found. We headed for Signal Mt and a birds eye view of the Teton Range but first you have to drive up a narrow mt road that twists and turns. At the top Dee had great cell phone reception and found out why when we saw the tower hidden in the trees. Oscar got to walk around there because we were always within 100 ft of the road so he had a ball smelling in all the varmint holes. Pictures
Then it was off to another area with bison and an historic cabin. We were pleasantly surprised to see the bison so close to the road so we stayed and watched them for a while. There was a flock of birds that kept flying around and eventually landed on all the bison making a comical picture. We visited the homesteaders cabin and Dee thought she could live there with that view.
We headed back to the campsite to have a shower and get dressed to go to town because we were meeting Kathy ( the woman from Carmel, IN I met a few days earlier) for
dinner. We chose a great restaurant and had a fabulous meal with all the well to do residents of Jackson.
By the time we headed home it was dark and the road back was potentially loaded with wild critters. so it was slow going. We had the windows rolled down so we could hear the bugling of the elk if they were around but it was getting cold for that. We pulled off the road to listen but then the stars caught our attention with their brilliance. It was totally amazing how many star we could see and all around too, including the milky way. We could hear elk in the background but nothing close.
As we traveled down the road I saw an elk up ahead and stopped in the road to see if there were more, and sure enough there was another one. The elk on the right bugled right next to us then went into a bunch of trees and did it several more times, so clear, so close and exciting. Good thing the road wasn’t busy.
We got back to the camp site and parked very quietly as it was past the quiet hour.
In the
campgrounds there are some rules most people abide by. One of the rules is the quiet time. It is usually between 10 pm and 7 am and in those hours you could hear a pin drop.
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