Places Visited: Wyoming: Float trip down the Snake River from Moose Junction in Teton National Park to the Wilson Bridge (southwest of Jackson) with our Son Jeff and Grandson Stephen.

Aug 21, 2007.

While in the Tetons we stayed at two of the National Park Campgrounds: Colter Bay and Gros Ventre. Both are dry camping sites and are rarely full. Both are $17 per-night to "dry camp" with central water and dump site of course if you have the "geezer-pass" the rate will be half that. There are several hundred sites in each of the campgrounds. We spent most of our time in Gros Ventre because it is located only 10-miles north of Jackson and we love Jackson and all it has to offer.

We left West Yellowstone, Montana this morning to return to Gros Ventre Campground in Teton National Park. Jeff and Stephen fly out of Jackson tomorrow returning to Pensacola after visiting with us this week. We got an early start on our way back to Teton National Park because we had a scenic raft trip scheduled for 4 PM.

We got back to the Tetons and set up our motorhome in plenty of time. Our scenic raft trip this afternoon is with Dornans. Will Dornan has an agreement with the National Park Service to operate 3-scenic float trips per-day on a section of the river not open to other rafting companies.

This scenic trip floats the section of Snake River between Moose Junction in Teton National Park and the Wilson Bridge on the southwest side of Jackson (a 14-mile float).

We had only been floating for a minute or so when our guide spotted this large bull moose. For those of you familiar with the Tetons this moose was on the Snake River within yards of the new Teton Information Center that was just dedicated.

Now this is a fine bull moose.

We watched these white pelicans as we floated past.

Grandson Stephen.

Joyce snapped this action shot of a bald eagle that was swooping down to take a fish away from a common merganser.

This is one of the common mergansers that the eagle was trying to steal a fish from.

This is another shot of that eagle as he tried to steal a fish.

I do not know which one of these mergansers had the fish that the eagle wanted.

Stephen finally gave in. We have been going hard for almost a week and this quiet time got the best of him.

Joyce snapped this picture of the Tetons from the Snake River 5-miles south of Moose Junction.

Our guide took this picture of the floaters. That is Joyce and I with our son Jeff and grandson Stephen.

Until next time remember how good life is.

Mike & Joyce Hendrix