We just returned from a whirlwind week in God’s country. I have to say that I’m glad we waited until now to see Grand Tetons and Yellowstone…because each of us appreciated it so fully. I feel sorry for atheists of the world….you can’t possibly not believe that God had everything to do with the spectacular beauty that we witnessed (in every direction!!).
Our first two nights were spent in a 2 br condo in West Yellowstone…great location, close to the park. Then next 2 nights we moved south to Jackson Lake Lodge on Jackson Lake in the Grand Teton Natl Park. We toured as much of Yellowstone as we could on the 4th of July. On one stop after seeing Old Faithful geyser, we pulled over to enjoy the scenery of the mountains and the Yellowstone river, and lo and behold this beautiful bald eagle soars over the river right below us…all four of us just looked at each other and had an emotional moment of silence, just being thankful for this amazing country of ours.
All day Sunday and a good part of Monday were spent touring Yellowstone’s magnificent scenes AND animals…including a mother grizzly and her 2 cubs…several bison (2 very close up!)…elk, mule deer, prong horn sheep….Julia and Dylan would go wild every time we saw any wildlife… and we saw plenty! We headed to Grand Tetons to take in Jackson Lake, Jenny Lake (we can’t help but be drawn to lakes after growing up with Wisconsin and Michigan lakes in our lives)…absolutely stunning views.
We thought about taking a raft trip on the Snake River, but decided to do that next year instead. So we took a dinner boat tour on Jackson Lake overlooking the Tetons last Tues. night. The guide told us some great stories about the area and then we boated over to Elk Island, disembarked, walked over to picnic tables set up by a campfire and had a cowboy dinner of grilled steaks and lake trout, corn on the cob, roasted potatoes, cowgirl beans, fresh salad, biscuits and apple cobbler for dessert, yummy!! Then we hiked up a trail on the island to an overlook of sunset on the lake.
If you haven’t had the pleasure of seeing these wonders of our America, do. You will not be disappointed!
