Grand Teton NP

[BIGNASTY]

Got moved into Grand Teton NP and went for a short hike 5 miles to get acquainted with the place, before it started to rain. Rain would be a understatement it rained so hard that there was nothing going to keep you dry so I didn't try, except to keep my camera dry, Penny wasn't real happy when she made the comment WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT ME!!! or YOUR CAMERA???? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Give me a minute on that one Dear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:-laf

 

[BIGNASTY]

Still thinking Dear

 

[Grizzly]

Penny will get over it BIG.



Nice pics.



grizz

 

[BIGNASTY]

Let's hope so Grizz I get cold at night :-laf

 

[RUSSELL5000]

Appreciate the updates and pictures, Big. Looking forward to more.

How is the campground in Grand Teton?

 

[JR]

We spent some time in Jackson and the Tetons in the summers when my grandparents still owned their 1000 acre ranch outside Of Pinedale (in Boulder actually) about 90 miles south of you. Beautiful country for sure. It's been about 10 years since I've been in Jackson and I hear it's changed so much I wouldn't even recognize it anymore. As a kid I always thought the arch in the park made out of antlers was always pretty neat.

Thanks for the pics and keep em comin BIG

 

[BIGNASTY]

Russell

D4L is correct the town is not what it use to be, my Dad brought my Brother and I here when we were 12 and I was 10 I know my age because he brought us here to show us the reason for hunting. We went to the lake where hundreds and hundreds of Elk were out starving to death because of the lack of food, they didn't supplement the feed source like they do like now. Then it was a more western town that people gained access to some of the most beautiful mountains on the continent, now the mountains are the reason to come (FOR ME) but the town is far more like a high dollar shopping mall saying a mall is giving it some more like a strip mall with super high price's for things that one has to wonder who would buy enough of this stuff to support the store selling it.

We are staying in the Colter Bay RV section of the campground, the only reason is the RV we are staying in. If you are into the side by side corner to corner camping that this provides then THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU!!! Upon looking there are some near by campsites that are for tent and wouldn't be QUITE as bad but with the town as near as it is the camping experience is lost. There are National Forest campgrounds near and would be thought to be a better choice, if you have young campers these would be the ONLY CHOICE. IMO

People are still going to be People last night I was out after the rain stopped (it rains here when Yellowstone is sunny and its only like 60miles away) a lady came RUNNING by me screaming GRIZZLY, GRIZZLY my first thought was WOW!!!! SHE CAN MOVE, second one was that she forgot to put her trash in the dumpster she still had the bag in her hand. The BLACK bear was a small one and although it could still tear you a new A** a near by rock put an end the GRIZZLY BEAR ATTACK FROM HELL in Colter Bay Campground. The campground host said thanks for helping put smokey in his place, can you help us out with some MANEATING SQUIRRLS that we have around. :-laf Sure let me get my rope

We are going on a hike as soon as one of the members in the Band that we played as a group with comes to pick us up to go. The night life here is good to great. We had a Great time playing and singing with a band at a local Cowboy bar (that's what they called it) but its true nature was a biker bar for WANT-TO-BE BIKERS, the owner said that with the change of the town so has the type of Cowboy that visits his saloon, two wheels and a seat vs 4 legs and a saddle. On the other hand it gives a WANT-TO-BE Singer a chance to sing off key and forget the lyrics of the song AND NO ONE KNEW!!!!! Because it was so loud that you couldn't think straight. Tonight promises to be a better suited night for the WANT-TO-BE singer and his Side Kick BIL guitarist cause they were invited back to play the songs that the OLDER COWBOYS and COWGIRLS want to hear. So the Bar tab will be smaller (cause I have to remember the lyrics) and I wont have had 5 or 6 to many Beers.

Russell I don't know how much hiking or what it is you and your guests are looking for but the hikes in the Tetons are for the most part STRENOUS and are pretty much on the side of the mountain. The hikes in Yellowstone are a better experience of the ones that aren't exactly in shape or have a fear of shear drops (I don't know how Penny is going to make it) but have fun in what ever your choice is. We will be here for the remainder of the week and then head back North thru Yellowstone to home in MT. If I should see something of interest I will be sure to let you know.

BIG

 

[Axtell3]

Nice! I was in the hole a while back, I guess 91 or so. It was pretty citified then I can't imagine it improved.
The sights are impressive though. someday I'll drag my herd that way.

 

[Grizzly]

Keep them pics comming BIG.



grizz

 

[BIGNASTY]

We made it home this evening we left at 6:30am and arrived home at 6:30pm, not a record by any half a** truck driving standards for the 500 miles, but with a breakfast and lunch stop 2 folks in their late 80s and the rest of our crew ????? well it was a nice drive home. We went on a hike in the Tetons as thought Penny didn't make all of the trip. Im not much better than her with SHEAR DROPS but got to a nice place in the trail and returned to the gals and did some climbing skills with ropes and mountain climbing hardware. Don't think that I will be scaling Everest any time soon but learn some rope techniques that we can use in our type of outdoor plans and style. Have to get back to being a 12 year old farm boy in the next few days so I can do farm boy chores in the AM, and work on the building of two homes the rest of the day along with splitting wood of course for the upcoming winter. Vacation was fun but chores don't stop and the ones that did them for us was appreciated but NEVER DONE the way a person or 12 year old would do them. :-laf (that still just kills me) So will leave you with a few pictures from when it was sunny (not often in Teton) and be working on getting things back to the norm for a few days.

 

[Grizzly]

You're a good photographer BIG. Nice shots.

grizz

 

[CBari]

Pics are great, Big do you have any pics of the sleeping Indian, that is one of the few mountains I remember from my trip out there when I was 16.

 

[BIGNASTY]

Thanks Grizz
Im no Ansel Adams but can click a few good ones out of 2k worth of memory on my Camera the law of averages is in one's favor with these new cameras.

Found a couple that I want to blow up and get a frame around so Penny will let me hang them on the wall.

 

[BIGNASTY]

Pics are great, Big do you have any pics of the sleeping Indian, that is one of the few mountains I remember from my trip out there when I was 16.

Mr CBari
I took so many pictures and along with the frame count I took notes as to what they were pictures of it will take me a month to get them all cataloged and figure out JUST WHAT I GOT PICTURES OF.

Seen a guy that was WILD with a chainsaw that carved an Indian and an Eagle that I couldn't stop watching until they were done