Montana-Wyoming PARKS!

We use GuideAlong to narrate our National Park trips and “Otis” as we have named him, had told us all about the National Elk Refuge between Grand Teton and Jackson and how once a year they take all the shed antlers and have a big sale in Jackson.

Wouldn’t you know we get to Jackson and TODAY is that day! They had a huge auction this morning that supports boy and Girl Scouts and the Elk Refuge and then sell more on the town square.

What a coincidence.

One of the moose racks was $6000’!Lue lisää

Oooooh what to say here? In preparing for this trip, I researched bars that have live music. Somehow this bar in Idaho came up. And it happened to be on our return route from Grand Teton. So we stopped.

As we pulled up, there were an older guy and a younger man learning on the rail outside and drinking beer. As we pulled in, the older guy slid his sunglasses down to check us out.

In small towns we are always cautious. You never know what kind of reception you will get. And as we have learned over the last many years, Bill is seen as “brown” and has been treated with blatant racism, which still stuns us both.

But in we went. No one in the bar - just a woman behind the bar, who greeted us in a friendly way.

They have beer and some seltzers and she said wine….but then said they really weren’t open for the season and didn’t have much wine. Lol. So Busch for Bill and Shock Top for me.

We sat and chatted with her. Turns out she is the owner, Brook. At first it was general stuff about the bars in West Yellowstone and the season and tourism stuff.

Then it all just becomes weird. lol. She and her business partner are in a legal break up - basically a divorce. The younger guy from outside came in and the whole conversation got into divorce and finance and what Jessica did or didn’t do to Brook. And did they have sex? Lol. It was a totally weird conversation and one we couldn’t get out of easily.

When we finally moved on, we were both in this weird “what the hell was that?” Mood. It is so hard to describe here but we will never forget the Shotgun Bar in Island Park, ID. 😂😂😂Lue lisää