Yellowstone to Jackson via Grand Teton

Another spectacular day of scenery - we left Yellowstone National Park and the animals turned it on for us again - this time we saw a whole herd of bison with their new calves, and while driving along, a black bear ran across the road!  We also stopped at a beautiful lake to see the view, skimmed some stones and a couple pointed out cougar tracks - scary!! We're so lucky to see what we've seen.

We drove to Jackson via the Grand Tetons - French fur trappers named these mountains - google to see the French meaning of the name!  Absolutely amazing mountains but a little nerve wracking when they say the fault line along the mountains will definitely be experiencing future earthquakes of significant magnitude - let's hope it's after tomorrow when we've moved on!

Unfortunately Alice now has the dreaded tummy bug now that I'm better.  We had planned a couple of walks but managed just a small one before she crumbled for the day. Luckily for us, the main place we had planned on walking around had been closed for the day - it was a flat wetlands where huge herds of elk and moose are found. It was closed because they're all calving and have attracted a large number of grizzly bears. Already there is one confirmed death from a grizzly feeding on the calves.

We made our way to Jackson and its a lovely ski village. I'm looking longingly at the ski runs covered in grass and wishing it was a lot colder right now!  We went to a very popular Mexican place for dinner (just for you Jane Ryan) - a treat to have some very freshly cooked and tasty food. Yellowstone is not known for its gourmet food, so it was basic and there was plenty of it, but it was nice to get to Jackson!