Category Archives: Going South, 2013

Starvation Lake, Utah, September 23

Today was a travel day.  We left Bear Lake and drove through the border country between Utah and Wyoming towards Evanston.  It is cattle country, high and it would be dry, except that parts of it are irrigated. At Evanston … Continue reading

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How High can a Buffalo Jump? September 22

This was the question posted on the bulletin board at the Moose Visitor Center the other day, and we know the answer today — at least four feet.  As we left Grand Teton Park this morning we saw a large … Continue reading

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Taggart and Bradley Lakes, September 21

It was our last day in Grand Teton National Park, and it was a gorgeous one.  The sky was cloudless until after noon, and very warm.  At lunch a few cumulus clouds started to build, but it remained warm all … Continue reading

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Jenny Lake, September 20

It was a beautiful sunny day today.  Though the morning was cold, below freezing, by afternoon it warmed up to a comfortable temperature.  It was one of the nicest days we’ve had since arriving in the Yellowstone area. We drove … Continue reading

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Phelps Lake, September 19

It was cold overnight, though it didn’t appear to have frozen.  However, inside our cupboards, on the ceiling, there was heavy condensation everywhere that there is a rafter in the roof of the trailer.  We tried to dry it off … Continue reading

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Grand Teton National Park, September 18

It was much colder this morning as we left from Grant Village in Yellowstone.  Although it wasn’t freezing the temperature was about 3 C when we left this morning.  As we drove south into Grand Teton National Park we drove … Continue reading

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Another Rainy Day, September 17

It was a very lovely evening yesterday. We built a fire and sat around after we’d roasted hotdogs. Enid roasted marshmallows. However sometime at night the weather changed and a major thunderstorm moved in. It is still raining so we’ve … Continue reading

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Fairy Falls, September 16

The hike to Fairy Falls is a pretty easy 4.5 km walk, very flat, through the newly grown forest after the fire of 1988.  Along much of the trail there is a thick growth of new lodgepole pine.  Towering above … Continue reading

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A Zoo Without Fences, September 15

Today we travelled to the far northwest corner of the park, to Mammoth Hot Springs, to see the beautiful travertine deposits there.  However, we got there by going around the east side of the grand circle route which took us … Continue reading

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A Rainy Day, September 14

We thought we might go to Mammoth Hot Springs and drove a few miles before we decided the weather wasn’t worth the trip.   We turned around and came back to do our laundry. Unfortunately the weather doesn’t look very good … Continue reading

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