Blogs from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States, North America - page 7

The ground was dry in Vernal as we prepared for departure Monday morning. An encroaching thunderstorm grazed us as we rode North, over the East Shoulder of the High Uinta mountains. Beautiful green meadows and aspens along the road set against some fine twisties and empty road riding. Passing Flaming Gorge to the East, we flew over a beautiful road toward Rock Springs. The headwind caused horse power envy for Reverend Bill as Reverend Chuck flew through the high-speed sweepers on his R1150GS. North out of Rock Springs you cross the high basin that the Oregon Trail traversed. It is the lowest point in the continental divide and desolate sage covers the endless expanse. North of Farson, we came across the Oregon Trail itself, wagon ruts still visible just off the highway. The nearby cattle bones ... read more

Before I begin, a word of caution to the reader—If you are a big Starbucks fan, love Westchester county NY, Nassau county NY, Hollywood, Manhattan, are thin-skinned or object to the use of bodily orifices as personal epithets, then please do everyone a favor and navigate away from this page and go back to browsing the Obama website and sipping your mocha-chino latte. Keep reading the soothing propaganda offered there in place of the tacit observations which are about to follow… I have made the utmost effort to behave in my rants up till this point but that is about to change, and the deviation may offend some. That said, go to Google maps and zoom in on the state of Wyoming. Focus on the northwest quadrant. Zoom in a couple clicks further. See it? The ... read more

I am updating you guys with some pics from day 1 and some from day 2 (at Yellowstone). We will be going back again. We went to Jackson Lake, Jenny Lake, and there are pictures of the falls at Crawfish Creek and Keppler's Cascade (Falls). We are going out this evening the get pictures of the buffalo, elk, antelope, and moose. We forgot the camera on Sunday night (or thought it was in the car ... which it wasn't). Then our pictures of the moose at Yellowstone didn't turn out great because it was soooo early in the morning. About 6 AM. We left for Yellowstone at 4:30 AM to catch the wildlife. We saw elk, antelope, moose, and a wolf. We will go back up there again too. Actually, our second stop will be at ... read more

Today, Julia woke up with a big smile on her face and said, “Horse Day!” They were so excited to meet their horses that they would be riding for the day. We drove to Alpine, Wyoming to meet our guide at Jackson Hole Outfitters. Our guide, Cole, introduced us to our three horses - Andrea, Star and Twist. Julia rode in a buddy saddle behind Tony. The entire ride was an experience that I don’t think any of us will ever forget. For ten miles, the five of us were the only people on the trail riding up the side of a mountain and then back down. Our horses galloped at times, crossed streams and climbed steep, and sometimes narrow trails. Tony and I would hold our breaths as we watched Maddie maneuver her horse, Star, ... 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