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Entering Wyoming feeling welcomed
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We're almost getting used to spectacular scenery
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Afton's world-famous elk antler arch. Impressive
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Fly-fishing from a float boat on the Snake River rapids - sheesh!!
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Wonder how long it takes this water to get to Oregon
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Outside the Jackon - Tetons Visitor Information Center
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Part of the indoor elk herd at the info center
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Elk are a big deal in Jackson especially in winter
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Lots of private jets in there
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Ahhhh - the magnificent Grand Tetons
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The mountains never change and we never tire of looking
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Another picture-taking swap
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Judy doing her part
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Some glaciers some just winter snow hanging around
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No foothills on the east side make the Tetons more dramatic
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The Tetons are the western boundary of Jackson Hole
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In the winter thousands of elk come down into the hole
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The National Elk Refuge provides a lot of elk feed
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The migration back north had about finished when we were there
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We only saw a few elk and a few bison in the Tetons.
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Not all glaciers are huge
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Some of that white stuff will melt over the summer
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Some is permanent
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Technically any snow that doesn't melt over summer is a glacier
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But most glaciers are the result of many winters of snow
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As you'd expect the Tetons are popular climbing mountains
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It's about as close to climbing the Alps as you'll get in this country
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Maybe we ought to publish postcards
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Snow melt headed for the lake
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You can take boat rides across Jenny Lake
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Or you can hike around it
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Snow that hasn't yet melted
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Truly Grand
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Jackson Lake at the north end of the park is popular with boaters
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Those white things in the water are pelicans
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Seems strange seeing pelicans this far from the ocean
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Maybe they like the view too
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Looking across the Snake River valley north of Jackson
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A great way to see the sights in Jackson
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Jackson's town square has four of these antler arches
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Boy scouts collect the antlers after the elk leave the refuge each year
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We liked the signs pointing to parking in Afton WY
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Gender equality in parking pointing
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The Star Valley "Star" we presume . . .
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Swift Creek is aptly named
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At the end of this road is the only cold water periodic spring in the US
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We found wildlife around a watering hole
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There were hundreds of these butterflies
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Marvelous rocks
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Anyway the periodic spring is only periodic in the fall
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So we bounced up the road and back down again
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Outside the National Museum of Wildlife Art
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Some of the art was outside where we could take pictures
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The museum building was inspired by an ancient Scottish castle
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In Teton Village our carriage awaits
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The Gondola goes up to almost 9100 feet
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In the winter it carries skis and skiers
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In the summer it carries us
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The vertical rise is about 3100 feet
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You could walk up but we'd much rather ride
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We love these tram rides - the views are always great
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OK so now we're above some of the snow . . .
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Judy won't get that close to the edge
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That first ridge is where hang gliders jump off the mountain
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That's the top of an even higher tram lift at 10000+ ft. It was closed.
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Unlike some places there is a road up to this mountain top
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But the tram is much quicker and usually unaffected by weather
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You almost expect somebody to yodel
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Headed back down
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Looking down at a ski lodge. Strange perspective
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They're going up as we go down
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Some crazy people with no body fat hike up.
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If you ride a bike down from the top you can also ride on this thing
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The bottom end of the tram
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And looking way back up to where we'd been
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They also had these bungee trampoline gizmos
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The kids bouncing have lots of fun
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Even the little ones
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Most adults had the sense to just watch
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Back on the Snake River, rafting is big business
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Some folks kayak
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There are half a dozen river ride operators
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Just like on a train, you wave at the watchers
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Meanwhile back in Jackson
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We had lunch there - good food, western atmosphere
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One of the ski lifts in Jackson itself
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And then supper at the old Bar-J Ranch
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A pseudo-authentic western dining hall
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And some carved wood statuary
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How you fill 700 tin cups with lemonade
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And bunches of steaks (good ones too) on the grill
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The western music & comedy show was a lot of fun
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Lots of pickin' and singin' and Hee-Haw type humor
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One of the singers played dress-up - "Gramma" was a big hit
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A little gospel, a little patriotic, a lot cowboy
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When Cruiser meets stupid power pole, stupid pole wins.
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It was smoky as we left the Tetons behind and headed for Yellowstone