This trip was pretty cool. I started in Philly and then Salt Lake, but a new interesting place I flew into was Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It is a little town that is all about skiing in the winter. We stay at the ski resort which is at the bottom of the hill. The cool thing about flying in here is the descent into the hole. There are mountains topping 13,000 feet all around. They are the Grand Teton Mountains. The picture below is flying into Jackson Hole. If you look closely and see the boulder sticking out of the clouds, well that is were we are going. Jackson Hole sits in a basin with mountains all around and today the fog has rolled in and does not want to leave. We will fly a tricky approach right down between the mountains and descend beneath the clouds to land on the little mountain runway.
These are some great pictures as we circle down the ridge to position ourselves on the approach for landing. We are about 16,000 feet. The mountains are between 10,000 and 13,000 feet.
This picture is on the ground. Notice the ice on the trees from the fog. A little freaky descending into the clouds knowing all the mountains are around.
This is down main street in Jackson Hole. You can see the ski hill in the background. It is a very quaint little town that seems like you stepped back in time. The fog finally burned off and it was a great day in town.
These are Elk antlers that are shed on the National Elk Refuge and the local Boy Scouts collected them and made this archway. Pretty cool. We are about a stones throw from Yellowstone.
This is a secluded little town with lots of history from the wild west including paintings by Ansel Adams ( a famous artist). We will come visit one day and maybe ski the hill!
Tomorrow on to Salt Lake, Orange County, California and then home. Can't wait to see ya!
2 comments:
Your pictures are awesome! I want to go there....
The reflection off the lake was breathtaking. Yellow stone is on our got to visit list and I think Johns has been to Jackson Hole and He loved it.
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