Grand Teton National Park; Jackson Lake

After about a week in Yellowstone we traversed south to the beautiful Grand Tetons.  Driving in I felt the tears well up these mountains are so rugged and majestic!  It was a fairly nice day and after setting up camp at the Colter Campground we took a little walk around the area to get our bearings.  The walk to the lake front thru the woods was easy and nice (even found a doe munching a patch of grass).  The waterfront was bustling with all sorts of people in and out of the water.  The picnic area was full of people so we continued on to the marina and general store.  They had nice facilities; a restaurant and cafeteria as well as cabins and big laundramat with showers ($4.25 each).  Nice campground divided into sections for electric hookups or not or tents etc.  This park allows all downed wood burnable - never noticed that at a National Park before but that was great.  Although one day took the ride to the top of Signal Mountain and saw where they are getting ready for a perscribed burn.  A lot of wood up there... That being said I must say, looking at the picture you can see the clouds moving in and sure enough we did get rain that afternoon and the following days we were there - never did see the mountains like this again... oh well.  Love this place anyway and enjoyed our time.  Did not see any wild animals like bison, antelope or elk but we did see a few white pelicans! ha!   We did manage to visit all the lodges (quite nice) and stores and get a few good walks all around Colter Bay.  Met some folks from Rochester, NY and they were wondering how we were going to Estes National Park as they too were headed there and didn't want to cross the Continental Divide again!  Good luck with that tone.. that thing is worse then a river if you study your maps... it's all over the place.  

Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA

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