This post is just a preview of what we saw there, as I just don't have the energy to write much after putting these panoramas together and retouching about a hundred dirt and dust specks. I really wish I had cleaned my lenses before this trip!
This was our first look at those wonderful mountains (that wasn't through the RV window) as we took a short hike soon after arriving:
The long hike would take place tomorrow, but even the short one was nice, taking you along the shore of Jackson Lake -- we stayed in Colter Bay -- and also through the forest:
The view from the halfway point of the hike was best:
Note that the water level was crazily low in the lake -- it doesn't normally have 50 yards (45m) of rocky beach exposed:
Still this was a great way to get a nice view of the somewhat hazy mountains.
More on Grand Tetons National Park soon...
(sorry for the short post!)
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If you've been to Grand Tetons National Park, was the water level this low when you visited? A ranger I talked to said that it was water usage downriver that was causing the drop -- droughts meant that more of the water was needed for agriculture. The lake would refill in the spring from snow melt.
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