May 27 & 28, 2021
On our drive from Salt Lake City to Jackson Hole just before entering Wyoming, this was the windshield scene. 95% of my photos taken from a moving vehicle are junk, but with a little work I was able to save this one. What a fantastic view of the Teton Mountain Range in the back (west) side of Jackson Hole. Spring time in the Rockies!
Wyoming's State Line Sign is as green as their mountains.
Jackson Hole's town square has an Elk Antler Arch on all four corners. The entrances are so unique and display the charm of the Mountain Men, who were the founders of this city. You can see from the heading photo that these are large antlers and interwoven almost like a tapestry. Lucky me as these Professional Models are still traveling along.
There are three Ski Runs in Jackson Hole, one of which is almost downtown. What a relaxing city for one to mosey in and about.
This is probably my worst photo of the entire trip. If the subject matter was not endearing, I would have left it out.
Look at the joist and the burls on the beams. So unique as we have only seen this once previously, and that was in British Columbia on our way to Alaska. But even then they were nothing compared to this collection.. The food was terrific, but look at the 'Burls" on the beams.
Yes, a feminine tradition as there was a 'Sale" advertised. I shouldn't say any thing, as I was the shopper who bought a nice jacket.
The National Museum of Wildlife Art
Dennis Anderson mentioned this Wildlife Art Museum to us, and it was easy to find. It was located right on the main highway from Jackson Hole to the Teton NP
We had phoned and visited with Dennis, a close friend from New Mexico who moved to Pinedale, WY a couple of years ago. Driving from Salt Lake City to Jackson Hole there were three routes available, and our GPS picked the one that missed Pinedale. Otherwise we would have enjoyed a visit with Dennis and Barbara.
The bronze works are huge and the casting was excellent. These Buffaloes Bronzes dwarf Renee and RobiN.
The valley across from the museum with it snow capped peaks give this ole Wolf a full valley setting, as he studies his domain. This is the most natural setting for a Bronze, that I've ever seen, and my favorite photograph of the Wildlife Art Museum.
The Mountain Sheep cast in white looks almost alive.
I had a hard time selecting which view this Big Horn Sheep photo to use. The one from the left has such delicate facial definition, but the photo from the right has the setting and background of the basalt bluffs placing him in his exact environment. You get your choice of view, left, right or both.
Thank you, Dennis Anderson for mentioning this museum of spectacular Bronzes.
Grand Teton National Park
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The 494 square mile Grand Teton NP was established in 1929 and signed into act by President Calvin Coolidge. The interesting thing about the Grand Tetons is that over half of its 500 sections are designated as "Wilderness Area". Wilderness area allow no motorized acess and are accessible only on foot or horse back. Wilderness Areas are the positive in the preservation of our natural wonders, and the play ground of the true adventurist in the great outdoors.
Travel Logs travelers, you might remember in our Log on Vermont, we visited the home of President Coolidge, who signed the bill which formed the Grand Tetons as a National Park. https://www.ncribble.com/2019Norway/portland.me.html
Stephen Tyng Mather, the guiding light in the founding of our National Park System.
Stephen Tyng Mather (July 4, 1867 – January 22, 1930) was an American industrialist and conservationist who was the first director of the National Park Service. As president and owner of Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company he became a millionaire. With his friend, the journalist Robert Yard, Mather led a publicity campaign to promote the creation of a unified federal agency to oversee the National Parks administration which was established in 1916. In 1917, Mather was appointed to lead the NPS, which was the new agency created within the Department of the Interior. He served until 1929, during which time Mather created a professional civil service organization, increased the numbers of parks and national monuments and established the systematic criteria for adding new properties to the federal system.
The Teton Range is Imperial and have always been my favorite mountain range in the Rockies.
My Grandmother has a framed photograph of the Tetons with their reflection in the water in Jackson Lake. After she had passed and we were removing things, I noticed that the photograph had been hung upside down for years. But it looked so real that no one caught the difference between the water reflection and the real upright exposure.
I think it was from that photograph that I fell in love with the Tetons.
I will share a family story with you on Renee, second from the left. We had flown into Calgary for an AED meeting and added a week vacation. The meeting was at Jasper Park in Alberta, and coming back to Calgary we visited Banff and Lake Louise. Flying home I thought that we might just see Old Faithful erupt, so we flew over Yellowstone and circled Old Faithful several times but the Lady did not do her thing for us.
Renee was about 12 years old and my Copilot. Dottie was in the back with Robin and Raulee fixing their hair and all the time Carson was being Carson. We flew right next to these mountains, probably just behind the sign where we are standing. I kept saying to the kids "Look, Look these are the most beautiful mountains in the United States". I couldn't even get one repose. About the third time in execration I exclaimed "Look, Look aat this marvel"! Renee who was sitting in the right seat next to me replied. "Daddy, we haven't seen anything but mountains for the last two weeks. I'm tired of mountains".
So much for My Majestic Tetons.
The bronze Moose has also been place in his environment. I was tempted to Photoshop this photo and remove the sidewalk.
Funny thing on a Bull Moose, in all of our travels I've never been close enough to one to get an acceptable photograph. That includes three driving trips from NM to Alaska, up to the Arctic Circle in the Yukon, nor in New Newfoundland or Labrador. Never, Never even close. The only bull we've ever seen was in BC at Dease Lake, but it was clear across the lake... He was so small, that we would have never seen him it someone had not pointed him out. My only Bull Moose.
That is why I like this ole Bull at the Tetons, as I could get close enough to pat him on his rump.
No, Just What the Heck is this, but a Smart Ass!
I have a minor revolt amongst my Professional Models. After Dottie's tough expression the girls all have the giggles.. See the behavior I've lived with these past 65 years!
From inside the lodge using the window frame as the prop.
I think they are now behaving. But should I trust them?
One will never see the Grand Tetons with their snow capped peaks, pose for a better photograph than when it is Spring Time in the Rockies.
Come on Willie sing us another verse, and we’ll move on down the road.
