Yesterday Hilary and I borrowed a car and drove down to the spectacular Grand Teton National Park - our neighbor to the immediate south.
GTNP features the Teton Range, more impressive than any mountains in Yellowstone. The Rockies are taller and rougher than the Appalachian Mountains because they are younger and have experienced less erosion; as the youngest subrange of the Rocky Mountains, the Tetons are especially tall and pointy. Moreover, they lack foothills, abruptly rising more than 5000 feet out of the flat Jackson Hole valley. The park is named for the highest peak - the Grand Teton - rising over 7000 feet out of Jackson Hole to elevation 13,770 feet.
We walked around and ate dinner in Jackson, WY - just south of the park - and enjoyed the town.
Also, we have spent all summer in Yellowstone without seeing a moose, an animal that allegedly lives here. According to hearsay, most of the moose left during the big fires of 1988 and many now reside near the Tetons. Sure enough, Hilary and I saw a cow and her calf during our trip.
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