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Grand Teton Art! by Colleen

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The mountains of Grand Teton National park are so inspiring.  This is a watercolor of one of our rides through the park.   Travel Update: We left the Grand Lake area on Monday and have been in Lakewood CO, west of Denver.  While here we visited one of my old friends from college years.  We were lifeguards together at Coonskin Park in Charleston WV during late 70’s. We have not seen one another for 40 years! Real friends are able to rekindle and refresh the friendship where it left off…so grateful for such a rich history and such special friends!…

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Three Days, 15 Moose!

We are now in Grand Lake, Colorado, on the western side of Rocky Mountain National Park.  When we arrived, we were saddened by the devastation from the fires last fall.  (More on the devastating fires later.)  Our first thought was that the wildlife may be gone…..but we were very wrong.  In just 3 days we have seen over 15 Moose!  I say “over” because we saw a few before we started counting and we have also seen Moose but unable to capture by camera. Several Moose have walked by our Airstream windows!  We have set up a trail camera at…

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Yellowstone National Park, so majestic!

After Grand Teton National Park we returned to our Airstream for the night.  We then headed to Yellowstone National Park.  From our home base of Ashton, ID we had about an hour drive to Yellowstone.  Yellowstone was established as the world’s first national park in 1872!  This park influenced the creation of the National Park Service in 1916. The park is 3500 sq. miles of wilderness atop a volcanic hot spot.  The park features canyons, alpine rivers, forests, hot springs and geysers.  The most famous geyser, Old Faithful that got it’s name because it blows approx. every 90 minutes and…

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Grand Teton National Park!

Three days in Grand Teton National Park did not disappoint!  Our drive from Ashton, ID was beautiful through lush green fields that took us to Teton Pass at an elevation of 8,432’ into Jackson Hole, WY.  After a short walk around the town we headed to the entrance of the national park.   Throughout our exploring we encountered all types of wildlife. Have you ever wondered how the park rangers show up so quickly when animals are visible from the road?  Most of the animals that frequent populated areas are “chipped” and “tracked” ; when an animal is getting close…

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