September 14 2009: Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks

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Monday, September 14

Start in Jackson WY, Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, Stay in Gardiner MT. 
Weather:
  Lows: Jackson airport: 48; Jackson: 48
  Highs: Jackson airport: 73; Jackson: 71; Moose: 78; 
         Moran: 73; Snake River: 76 Darwin Ranch: 68;  
         Yellowstone Lake ASOS: 68; Old Faithful Ranger Stn: n/a
Hikes/Walks: 2.1 miles
0.3 miles total: Snake River Overlook
0.4 miles total: Oxbow Bend
0.4 miles total: Jackson Lake Lodge area
0.5 miles total: Colter Bay area
0.2 miles total: Lewis Falls area
0.3 miles total: Sulphur Caldron area
We left Jackson after spending our last night there, stopping briefly at a park in Jackson where arches made of shed elk horns have been eructed at each park entrance.

Elk horn arch in Jackson WY Elk horn arch in Jackson WY

We stopped at a few more places for photography in Grand Teton National Park and had lunch at a wonderfully picturesque spot near the Jackson Lake lodge.

Snake River and the Teton Range Snake River and Mount Moran Moose at the Snake River A picturesque lunch

After a great few days in Grand Teton National Park, it was time to move on to Yellowstone National Park. We first stopped at Lewis Falls on the south side of the park. Then on our way to get information at Grant Village, we came across a family of elk in some woods near the road.

Lewis Falls Bull elk Bull elk Bull elk trumpeting Bull elk Bull elk

We then visited the Mud Volcano and Sulphur Caldron area north of Yellowstone Lake on our way north to our new base of Gardiner MT just north of the park.

Dragon Dragon Dragon Sulphur Caldron