Grand Teton eye candy today. As usual, busy working on novels.

Carole and Andy. The Park Service had these picnic tables all around parts of Jenny Lake.

The Stupefyin' Jones of USA Mountains.

You just stand and stare at them. They are among the best of the best.

We spent most of an entire day on the shores of Jenny Lake.

I was warned about Jackson, Wyoming. But I had to see it. Something as sappy as the elk antler arches made me head there. The place sucks ass. A playground for people with far deeper pockets than mine. I never felt so out of place or unwelcome in an American town. It's for the goddamned rich and only for the goddamned rich. They can keep it.

This was the nicest lodging we had in the two Parks. We really enjoyed our stay in this cabin.

We missed seeing a bull moose in Yellowstone, but saw three in the Tetons.

Sunset. We had stopped to see an out of the way lake just as the sun was going down.

One last viewpoint at Jenny Lake, then we had to leave. Alas!

This was the last place we stopped to take photographs before heading back toward Salt Lake City and the jet that would take us back to North Carolina. It was hard to leave the place.

The Grand Tetons

Well, we're finally home. What a long trip back!

One of my hopes in life was to see the Grand Tetons/Yellowstone ecosystem. It was amazing to see all of those large animals roaming free with no restrictions and no fences or physical boundaries. It was as close as I guess I'll ever come to witnessing our ancient Pleistocene megafauna.

In the days to come I'll post details of my impressions. For now I'm exhausted and have to get back to work on the latest novel.

The Grand Tetons from Jenny Lake.

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On the way back home the jet we were using stopped in Dallas. Everyone but Carole and I disembarked. Thus I got the chance to take a shot of the aisles with absolutely no one (but Carole) sitting in them. It was a rare chance, so I snapped a few shots.