We have spent the last few days exploring the magnificent Grand Tetons National Park. The weather has been volatile. On any given day we have been hot and cold, wet and dry. In between rain spells we have hiked along snow melt lakes and climbed up mountain trails. The birds and the flowers have been in their Springtime finery. We saw a moose cow and her calf on the same day that we saw a bison walking down the road, and then a mule deer buck in velvet antlers. However, the Jackson Valley is dominated by the amazing Teton Mountains. They have no foothills and rise majestically over the Jackson Valley. We plan to stay here for a few more days and then move on to Yellowstone.

Mountain Snowstorm seen from Morman Row

 Mike on the Death Canyon Trail

 Dennis on the Death Canyon Trail

 Great Blue Heron among the pine cones

 Western Tanager

 Broad Tailed Hummingbird at Larkspur

 American White Pelicans on the Snake River

 Mule Deer Buck

 Chipmunk

 The Snake River at dawn

 View from Leigh Lake

 

Snowy granite peak

 

 Tetons at dawn