Jim Travels The World

I had unfortunately left our snowshoes in Colorado before leaving on this trip, and after first seeing the snowy Tetons, it was pretty clear we were going to need them. Stopped in Jackson WY to rent some, and the guy was giving me a lecture about how i needed to stay out of the canyons and not go into any elevation at all because I'd die in an avalanche. I nodded politely the whole time. The when I put down my deposit, I showed him my driver's license and when he saw I was from Colorado, he said "Oh, never mind about all that. I guess you probably know what you're doing". That's right, buddy. After two days in snowy Grand Teton, we head for Yellowstone. First stop, Ye Olde Faithful. The park gets 3 million visitors per year, and this is supposedly the slow time, but the visitor centers were very crowded. I don't like sharing nature. bubbling mud pots. stanky but look cool. mud caught in mid-splooge pretty you could say it's a bunch of holes in the grou...

Grand Teton National Park sits just south of Yellowstone, its more famous, but also ridiculously more crowded neighbor. i see mountains every day in colorado, but it's nice to see different mountains from time to time. The Tetons are interesting because there's no foothills, they spring out of the valley like spikes.  there was a good bit of snow in the park, you could say. snow + cold weather = uncrowded trails, which is a fair price to pay, in my opinion.  i don't think these are bodysnatcher spore pods. but then again, maybe that's just what i want you to think. The moose was out of the office when we stopped by.