Grand Tetons

After driving through a snow storm (would you believe it) we arrived at the Jenny Lake campground. It's still early in the season but after our experience in Zion and Arches with campgrounds I was expecting it to be full but was pleasantly surprised, loads of choice of sites. We set up home before heading out to the visitors centre to gain some info on the locality. Surprise, surprise if we wanted to use the boat shuttle you have to pay and it wasn't cheap so we decided to go for a walk along the lake side instead. We were armed with the 'bear bell' to warn them we were coming and enjoyed a few hours strolling along the shoreside. We even spotted what we though was a beaver but now believe to be a marmot (similar but different tails) hard to tell from a distance. We walked onto a smaller lake and sat to appreciate the scenery in the glorious sunshine. After tea and a bonfire we went into the local town Jackson Hole, spotting wildlife on the way. A peaceful night with no bears just little pika running in and out of their burrows. The following day we decided to head back to Jackson Hole to have a proper look around and fill the car up. It's a beautiful place but definitely a millionaires paradise. We stretched to a Starbucks coffee and cake to warm us up as it was quite chilly before heading off to Yogi bears home wood! 

Crazy weather coming over the mountains from Arches National Park to Jackson Hole, Grand Tetons

What do you think, beaver or marmot?

This was his dam, if he was a beaver. 

Elk just outside the campground at dusk

Despite wishing for a clear sky we never saw all of the Tetons without cloud