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A trip two years in the making to Yellowstone and Grand Teton with some remote work giving us flexibility to stay here longer for more stunning adventures. Read more
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    Roaring Mountain

    May 17, 2024 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 52 °F

    Our GuideAlong buddy Otis said this mountain was loud with the hiss of the fumaroles…I think that may be outdated. There were a few pumes of arms and no sound.

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    Bullwinkles!

    May 17, 2024 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 52 °F

    Seeing this name on the map and reading about West Yellowstone we had high hopes of a cool bar. It was a typical small town tourist haunt. But we were so tired after 9.5 hours in the park that a drink and $23 cheeseburger were ok.Read more

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    Momma bear and her cubs

    May 18, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F

    On our way to the Visitor Center entering the park from the North we saw a crowd on the side of the road, but couldn’t see anything. On the way back we saw momma bear and stopped to investigate. For some decent video of momma with the cubs in the back. But as she was moving fairly quickly toward us, I kept stepping backwards and then the ranger started yelling at us to get to the other side of the road. Yes sir!!Read more

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    Teton Glaxier

    May 18, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F

    This is the last visible glacier in the Tetons visible from below (estimates they will all be gone in 40 years). Take a look at how much it has receded in the past 20 ish years.

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    Jenny Lake Boat

    May 18, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F

    Quick trip across the lake for what we THOUGHT was going to be an easy 1/2 mile hike to a waterfall and a 2 mile walk back to the visitor center. Boy were we wrong.

    But the views were lovely.

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    Snowy Hike to Hidden Falls

    May 18, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F

    OMG. We did not know what we were getting into! After taking the boat over Jenny Lake, we were expecting a half a mile hike up to waterfalls and then a 2 mile shoreline hike back to the visitors center.

    Not at all. There was snow - afoot or more deep depending on the place was across much of the trail. It was not fun. Grace is not in my wheelhouse. And Bill isn’t much better when it comes to snow.

    There aren’t a lot of pictures of the deep snow because I was cussing and trying not to fall. We stopped when we got to the spot where the guy in pink is crossing. It was narrow, wet and icy and a drop down to the falls. No way was I going across that.

    We slowly plodding through to the falls, which were stunning.    Read more

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    Moose sighting

    May 18, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F

    After our crazy, snowy hike, we started heading out of the park and ….when you see crowds of people along the road with cameras you stop to see what they see.

    It was a moose!

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    Antlers - Elk Fest

    May 18, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F

    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’!    Read more

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    Snake River Brewing

    May 18, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F

    “Put our river through your liver”😂😂😂

    Great find. We happened on their 30th anniversary party - the oldest brewery in Wyoming!

    Great ambiance, good beer, live music, friendly folks. What’s not to like?Read more

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    Shotgun Bar

    May 18, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F

    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. 😂😂😂    Read more

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    Wild West Pizzaria & Saloon

    May 18, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F

    Our new friend, Brooke, at the Shotgun Bar, said Wild West was a favorite with great pizza, good vibes, live music rather often and - amazing Mac n cheese. Lol. It was on our list so we made tonight the night.

    She was right! The pizzas are named for Western movies, the Mac and and cheese was pretty darned good. And the staff hustled but were friendly.

    Karaoke on Monday. Maybe we will be back.    Read more

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    Old Faithful

    May 19, 2024 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 43 °F

    More than half of all the geysers in the world are in Yellowstone! This morning we started with the most famous - Old Faithful - and throughout the day saw many more.

    Old Faithful was cool, but maybe a little less impressive than expected? It was fun and seeing all the people gathered was fun. We did catch a second eruption later.

    From OF, we rushed off to try to make another predicted eruption up the trail at the Daisy Geyser.    Read more

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