Some of these postings are going to be delayed, but it seems easier to make notes as the days go by, then post them when we get to where we can raise the Internet.
We pulled into Moose, inside Grand Teton NP, under a cloud cover such that you couldn’t prove we were in the mountains at all. The next morning, there was bright sunshine and our morning in Teton was joyous!
I think my two favorite shots were of the two gamboling bison calves and the flock of white pelicans whirling up from the Snake River. Pelicans ain’t the prettiest of boids ... they look like modern-day pterodactyls ... but they fly beautifully. I remember watching them take off from the estero at Point Reyes and whirl upwards - the whole flying up a spiral aircase - until they reached their desired altitude and leveled off to fly in one direction. That’s what these birds were doing, and it was beautiful!
The weather worsened as we got into Yellowstone, and so did the snow, with some snowbanks higher than the car. There’s a snow drift right outside one of the doors of the house, but it’s deceptive ... it’s really kinda patchy.
On the way up to Norris, we stopped to watch Old Faithful, and then went inside the Old Faithful Inn. What a marvelous craftsmanship went into its construction.
Due to a water problem, we found out the ranger museum wouldn’t be able to open on time, so we moved in and relaxed. In the evening, we drove north toward Mammoth a bit, saw some sandhill cranes and a couple of elk. tv
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