Grand Teton II

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Even on a three week trip, we have to do laundry. So that’s how Sunday began. From there we went back to the Grand Teton National Park and an afternoon  cruise of Lake Jackson, the last one of the season. It was an extended cruise and we had ample opportunity to photograph the mountains from the base, swap stories of animal sightings (we got points for the chipmunk in our cabin and the mule deer), and even saw an osprey’s nest.

Captain Dave and Guide Savannah who has bushwhacked her way through the mountains since a child










From there dinner at the Lake Jackson Lodge Mural Room (boar osso buco for me), and some really nice twilight shots of the Tetons. In all, a nice day.

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