Tetonia ID to Ft Bridger Wy

September 14, 2010

A last look at the Grand Tetons!

Heavy clouds hanging like dirty rags from the sky! We climbed abord the MotherShip and started another adventure!

Worlds biggest spud, advertising

 The Spud Drive In Movie Theatre.

As we leave Tetonia Idaho and head south, we begin

to see the slightest hint of autumn. Yellows

and oranges begin showing up in the foliage.

We saw several houses along the way that were abandoned, probably for years. Most of these homes were in very remote areas where the winters would be very harsh!

Another abandoned house

Autumn began showing her colors more boldly!

At the Oakley Recreation area and dam,

this man sits reading his book.

We saw a lot of farms along the road

Rain had been threatening all day!

Finally it came over the mountain!

This guy seemed to be having boat trouble

as we passed over the bridge.

Farm scene

Afton Wyoming, home to the largest arch

built totally out of elk antlers!

Harvesting hay.

The road less travelled

The colors of the earth began a subtle change

Suddenly we saw windmills in the distance!

The next exit was Fort Bridger WY,

our campsite! What was supposed to be a 4 hour

trip turned into 6. We were both tired and grouchy

we pulled into our campsite and went to bed early.

The next blog will be from Ft. Bridger to here,

Flaming Gorge WY. That was only a 2 hour journey!

Hope you enjoyed our trip...

without getting grouchy! :-)

Happy Trails from Geri, Chuck and our HoundHerd: Scotty, DoogieBowser and Radar!

Stormy Tetons

Last night, 8-27-2010, everything had a golden glow to it. The sky to the east was black and threatening.

The sky to the west was aglow with a brilliant sunset.

The light was changing with every frame I shot!

I just wanted to share the images of this storm with you.

To the west, the sun was setting!

That setting sun set the trees to a shimmering gold

The Teton Mountains to the East were shrouded

on stormy clouds and rain!

The wheat in the field became a shimmering gold

Some of that gold light lit up areas on the closest mountains.

A man walking his dog enjoying the sunset! 

Then the light glow took on a pinkish

glow when the rainbow appeared

The clouds over this nice log home on the hill took on a threatening look! But here, in Tetonia Idaho, we got very little wind or rain. It was forecast severe thunderstorms for last night. The Tetons got all the storms! Woke up this morning and the mountains were still hiding behind black stormy clouds. We have had some intermittent rain and splashes of sunshine all morning. Still a 50% chance of rain forecast for today and tomorrow because of the cold front moving through. It was 52 degrees when I walked the dogs at 7 am!