If Only My iphone Had a Telephoto Lens...

...I would have some great photos of the animals we saw at a distance--bison, moose, elk and grizzley bear.  At one place, many people were waiting for a bear and her two cubs to apppear and when she did, all the cameras started shooting like mad.

This photo of mom and babe was sent to me by one of the photographers who HAD a telephoto lens....

It has been another remarkable day without the food overages, Annie!  :o)

We brought sandwiches for lunch and had a simple dinner of chicken pad thai.  We will rerurn to you semi-intact--we hope!

Today was a gray morning with some lovely visages--see the snow?

On the way out of Driggs, ID this morning, we saw this--an ad for the Spud Drive-In movie theater showing A-list movies but not open until warmer weather.  We understand that their Gladysburgers and Spud Buds (like Tater Tots) are yummy!

In Jackson, the cost of housing is out of sight, as in $650,000 for a two bedroon condo?  We're not moving.  At the town center there are four entrances, all comprised of real elk horns, shed by the elks, retrieved by the Boy Scouts at the end of the season and sold to individuals or to the town of Jackson to make the horn arches...

On the way to the Tetons, we stopped at the National Wildlife Art Museun which has some amazing outdoor wildlife sculptures like this elk sculpture at the entrance.  We were able to see through the museum binoculars, a huge herd of elk in the distance at the National Elk Reserve where they are fed over the winter.

 ...and here is another, smaller, herd of elk crossing the road in front of us.  We followed them for quite awhile and were rewarded by this.

At the end of the day, after all that we have seen, I remember Rick saying over and over how amazing the sights are.  We are so grateful to be able to be here and witness the amazing beauty of our country....