I got on up and grabbed a bagel and some coffee (regular coffee is slowly growing on me), then took a shower and cleaned up the camper cabin. Said my farewells to everyone at the lodge, then headed south towards Grand Teton. I had already gone back and forth on the inner road, so after a quick stop at Jackson Dam for some photos of the thunderstorms going over the mountains, I took the outer road south towards Jackson. The views were different, and still gorgeous. Bonus, one of the pullouts was next to the Elk Ranch Flats, a horse farm/dude ranch, and the horses had learned if they stood by the fence the tourists would come over and pet them! I hung out around there for a good half hour just petting horses and taking photos of them. There was this one horse that was a big guy, white with brown freckles, who kept following me around and if I got close enough he would wrap his head around me and snuggle then lip my hair. He was soooo sweet! After I said farewell to him I looked at my hands and saw all the fleas, oops, hopefully they’re gone now. I haven’t seen any.
I kept going south, stopping at the various turnouts for the view of the Tetons. I stopped by the Gros Ventre turnout and visited the Mormon Row Historic District Moulton Barns, and their other cool buildings. Then I proceeded to an area along a creek/wetland where moose were supposedly known to frequent, but didn’t see anything. It was still a nice quiet place, so I just sat and listened to the water for a bit until I ran out of time. I drove to DQ for some food and gassed up the rental, then headed to the airport. I guess it was because I got there mid-afternoon, but it was hardly busy at all and there was no line for TSA screening. Totally didn’t need to get there 2 hours early. But that gave me time to chat with the TSA agents who admired my skull cat t-shirt and I got to talking to one agent exchanging stories about our cats for a while until other people showed up and she had to get back to work. I thought it was cute 🙂
The flight home was uneventful, and I miss this place already. Although I got a lot done this week, I also missed a lot too. I guess I’ll have to go back!
