grand teton
Imagine that you are a French trapper in the 1700's.... you haven't seen a woman in months, perhaps even years....you come to these giant peaks, rising straight up from the plains...what does it remind you of? I thought so. That's where the name "Grand Tetons" supposedly came from.
Grand Teton National Park is immediately south of Yellowstone National Park. Of the two, I much prefer Grand Teton; its sublime beauty is not ruined by the frenetic pace of human invasion, like Yellowstone. I thought about doing a page about Yellowstone, but I didn't have a photo of the back-end of an RV. And that's what you see alot of there.
 
The view above is of the Tetons seen from across Jenny Lake. The tallest peak is 13,766 ft high, so there is always snow. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I found this old postcard from the 1930's at a flea market. It has almost the same viewpoint as the photo above. Nothing has changed since this card was printed, except a stamp for it cost a penny in those days.
 
At Grand Teton, there are tent cabins for rent, having walls of thick canvas and logs looking like old-style Army officer's tents. They have bunk beds and Franklin stoves inside. The walls of the tent don't quite reach all the way down to the concrete floors. Small chipmunks take advantage of this to zoom across your tent floor like drag-racers, in the most startling fashion. With them, a wood stove to tend, and the wolves howling in the night, who needs television?
 
Not only are there stunning mountains, but the meadows around Grand Teton are spectacular.
I'm a sucker for rainbows, especially double ones.

All text and photographs1997, Randal P. Dean
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