We arrived home yesterday. After leaving Thermopolis, WY, we stopped in Conway, AR and Grenada, MS to visit relatives. It was a great, once in a lifetime trip, but it is nice to be home. We have multiple chores to do around the house; therefore this is short. Hope that you have enjoyed the photos. That is all for now.

We are in Thermopolis, WY where WIFI and cell phone service are excellent and we can update the blog. These services were almost nonexistent at Yellowstone.

Yellowstone National Park is a beautiful phenomena of the results of  God created forces of nature. Yellowstone sits on the top of a volcano that is about 40 miles in diameter. The extreme heat from the volcano, which is some 5 miles down, creates the thermal activity that is prevalent throughout the park. One disappointment was that we did not see any bears or moose. There were thousands of bison.

Entrance Marker

 Colorful Thermal Activity

 Mammoth Hot Springs

Old Faithful

 Upper Falls 

Bison

Mineral Dome at Thermopolis, WY

More Tetons and Jackson Hole, WY.  We spent some time at the Farmer's Market around the square in Jackson Hole.  They have all kinds of prepared food, veggies, flowers and meat.  The pan of biscuits caught Nell's eye.  The pan was a cast iron skillet that the biscuits were cooked in.  This area is organic crazy.  They advertise vegetables, even milk, as being organic.  Everything is very pricey, even a ride in the stage coach!  Enjoyed watching the Tide roll on Saturday night.  Went to church this am.  The music was great, to include a piano duet.  The pastor was from GA and preached an excellent challenging sermon.

Falls near Laurence Rockefeller Preserve

Jenny Lake in the Tetons

 Ham and Biscuits at the Farmer's Market

 Nell among the Flowers at the Square

Stage Coach Rides

Spent one night in Evanston, WY and then on to Jackson, WY where we started to explore the Tetons.  Temperatures are in the 40’s at night and 80’s during the day.  The scenery has been beautiful.  Every house that you  see along the way has a travel trailer.  The Tetons just rise up all at once.  There are no foothills.  There are several lakes at the base of the mountains. We found one with people swimming in it.  There was a forest fire within 30 miles of the Tetons that made the news.

Grand Teton National Park Marker

Nell and Antler Arch at Jackson Square

Nell and Flowers

 Forest Fire 

Teton Panarama

Glacer on the Mountain

 

People Swimming in the Tetons

In Provo, UT today to fix the blow out.  Provo has all the shopping accommodations of home, WalMart, J C Penney, Cracker Barrel, etc.  J C Penney was the store of choice.

Too hot here; will move on to cooler climate tomorrow.

A prayer before undertaking a selection

Hope this fits

This is the one. Thank goodness the blowout is a thing of the past.

Spent two days at the next stop which was Bryce Canyon National Park. It was the opposite of Zion.  At Bryce you are looking down at the formations from above and at Zion you are looking up at the rock formations.  Hoodoos are the main attraction at Bryce.  They are rock formations formed when the surrounding surface is eroded away.  We went on a bus tour with a driver who was very informative about the park and also gave a dissertation on the life of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Temperature this am was 53.  There have been some showers. No longer have to run the AC at night.

Entry Monument

 Hoodoos

More Hoodoos

 Bridge

 Colorful Formation

180 degree panarama

Us among the hoodoos

There was one major blowout – my tennis shoes.  Was able to stay under control and not have an accident.  Nell kept saying that this event was going to happen. With the proper application of surgical tape it was possible to continue.  New shoes are at least 100 miles away from any type of shoe store.  I can hardly wait to go shopping!!!!!!!