We left Yellowstone NP around 8:00 a.m. and headed South to Grand Teton. Before leaving Yellowstone, we stopped at the Kepler Cascades. This is a series of small waterfalls that are located within close proximity of each other. The fast moving Firehole River provided a dramatic view. We drove on South and into Grand Teton NP. We stopped at the Flagg Ranch information center on the John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway. We picked up maps and hiking information from the ranger and set off on our day. We stopped at many locations during our 62 mile drive around the park. These included: Mount Moran, the towering Cathedral Group, Jackson Lake, Signal Mountain Summit, Oxbow Bend Tournout, Jenny Lake, and Hidden Falls. We stopped into many different tournouts to look at the Grand Teton range.
At Jenny Lake, we took the ferry to the West side of the lake in order to visit Hidden Falls. We then hiked the 2 1/2 mile trail back to the East side of the Lake. The trail ranged from snowy and dry to muddy. It ran close to the lake in many areas and provided very dramatic views to the East of the lake and to the West of the Teton mountain range.
Throughout the day we saw moose, a black bear, bison, elk, trumpeter swans, pelican, geese and marmots.
We spent time after dinner in the lodge that has floor to ceiling windows looking out over wetlands and the Grand Teton mountains. We leave Grand Teton in the morning for a long day's drive to Mount Rushmore.
Pictures can be found at: https://picasaweb.google.com/tschick62/2011610GrandTetonNationalPark?authkey=Gv1sRgCKDR9r7Zvqy_fw&feat=directlink
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