Arrived Grand Teton Natl Park

Grand Teton Cathedral Group

We arrived Friday (May 17th) safe & sound. We, more or less, blew in with the winds coming in via Idaho Falls, ID and Alpine, WY to avoid Teton Pass. 

We're located in the Gros Ventre Campground - employee loop - and we're just off the Gros Ventre River near Kelly, WY.  We checked in Friday afternoon. Training starts tomorrow (Monday).  We'll be volunteers at the Laurance S Rockefeller (LSR) Preserve.  It's the old Rockefeller Ranch or may better be known as the JY Ranch. It's the last private land to become Grand Teton National Monument and eventually join Grand Teton National Park (1950, I believe). It's the quiet side of Grand Teton. 

Jackson seems busy but not crowded.  This weekend was a Pow Wow and elk antler auction. We've had a nice weekend weather wise, but this coming week is predicted to be cold with rain/snow depending on where you're located.  Lows will be below freezing most nights. 

It's sure to be an exciting summer for us.  Thanks for dropping by and checking in on us.  David

Death Canyon as seen from the Albright Pull-out

View from the Gros Ventre Group Camping Loop.  The south end of Black Butte is to the right in the picture.

Early May 2024 Update

Three Patriarchs at the entrance to Zion Canyon, UT

We're out of the internet-cellphone desert and spending the night in Richfield, UT before heading to Hill AFB (Salt lake City) to ride out the next round of winter weather. We had a great four-week stay in the Hurricane, UT area.  We were able to meet and spend a day with Calvin and Jonathan & Alician. We enjoyed a great ATV ride by Calvin through the canyons south of Zion Natl Park near Mt Carmel, UT.

Mt Carmel, UT Canyons

We ended up having made five trips into Zion Natl Park: Two to Kolob Canyons area and three into Zion Canyon. We didn't drive to the east entrance of Zion.  

We also made a day trip to Bryce Canyon Natl Park.  Like Zion Canyon area, the shuttle buses are the way to go.  While we didn't find Bryce as crowded as Zion, it was busy by early afternoon. We decided to hike the Navajo Trail from Sunset Point down to the bottom of the amphitheater area and return via the Queens Garden Trail to Sunrise Point. 

After a nice lunch at the lodge, we toured the visitor center and rode the shuttle bus to most of the busy overlooks - walking the rim between two of them before leaving for the day.

Back to our stay in Hurricane, we were able to accomplish our dental visits during our stay.  While I got off easy, Donna seemed to spend most of her time in dental chairs either in Hurricane or in St George. She's finished - at least until the next dental visits.

As for plans, we intend to stay at Hill AFB about 10 days. We then move to Idaho Falls, ID for a few days before moving to Grand Teton Natl Park for this summer's volunteer season. That's the plan.

You're all caught up with us, now.  Thanks for dropping by and checking up on us.  More later, David