The Grand Tetons.

This is the glacier on the Tetons.  Not what I would call a glacier after seeing them in Canada and Alaska.

The Kids say hello.

We have been on the road quite a lot this visit to Grand Tetons.  Before we had the motorhome without a car so we were limited to places we could go.  We have been hitting the backroads to get a closer look at this fantastic place.

View from our site.

We are so pleased with our campsite here.  It is set amongst cotton wood trees, sagebrush and green grasses of various kinds.  A moose makes it's bed out back of us.  The campsites are widely spaced also so you feel like you are actually camping unlike a stay at the KOA.  I don't know how to describe a stay at a KOA.  It certainly isn't camping.

Moose in the backyard.

We ventured up into some National Forest land that borders the NP.  The mountains were very beautiful.  Many mountains here have patches of pink or lavender streaks on them.  They remind me of a ripening peach.   Came upon a lake called Slide Lake.  A huge part of the mountain slid down in a landslide damming up the Gros Ventre River forming the lake.  The scare on the mountain side is still very visible and looks like it was recent but it occurred in 1925.

The Slide

Slide Lake with Lavender Hills in background.

We came across an old homestead probably used sometime around 1862 when Congress passed the Homestead Act.  Darlie had to get inside to check out the kitchen.  Little did she know then she was standing in a patch of stinging nettles.  They sting like a jellyfish.

See the nettles?

The homestead

In the park are the remains of a Mormon family settlement.  The buildings are in pretty good shape being they are well over a hundred years old.

Barn on Mormon homestead.

Another barn on the property

Cabin on Mormon homestead.

We found a quiet place to sit next to this stream.

We traveled up Signal Mountain.  It was similar to climbing Mt. Washington in New Hampshire.

Wildflowers on Signal Mountain

If I look grumpy it's because I don't like drop offs.
View from Signal Mountain.

My bride with Tetons in the background.  I took this photo and it looks pretty washed out.

Oxbow Bend.  One of the most photographed places in the world.