8/21/08 - Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole, Wyoming












These are some of the most magnificent mountains in the world. There are really jagged and they rise abruptly out of the Snake River valley floor with no foothills. We got up at 4:45 am and drove to the Oxbow turnout to see the sunrise and take pictures. This is where Ansel Adams took some of his famous photos. We drove up to a lookout point on Signal Mountain Summit to see a view of the Teton Mountain Range and valley. We visited the historic area of the park where the first settlers made their homes. The historic church was great. It has a window behind the pulpit with a view of the Tetons. We visited the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve. This was land the Rockefellers lived on and was donated to the park system. This preserve opened only two months ago. We went on a hike to a nearby lake. We saw two moose today walking along the Snake River.

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