Teton Dam

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We just passed through this area.  A little bit of trivia for you all. We didn't see any evidence of the flood except signs for a museum that caught our eye.

We crossed over the Tetons early this morning. The Idaho landscape right over the mountains was fascinating to view.  It went from ranches to agricultural.

We saw long,long irrigation machines and never ending fields of potatos and a grassy type crop. We drove through small towns (all around a population of 1000)--some right on the cusp of development and some obviously on decline. We even saw some hot air balloons up for a morning flight.

We are now heading toward Idaho Falls and Rt 15 toward Montana.  The landscape here is scrubby with sagebrush and wide open to the mountains in the distance.

Our time in the Tetons was grand!  We had a spacious camp site in a small campground. In the evenings we had campfires and attended a couple of ranger talks.  During the day, we hiked and kayaked / canoed. The bear warnings were everywhere and we hiked in half anticipation, half terror of encountering wildlife. Ironically most sightings were right from the road!

Oh and by the way...the arches in Jackson were made of elk antlers.  There is an elk refuge right outside of town and the antlers were collected when the elk lost them for the season.  Jen--our shoes have been perfect. Thanks again for taking us shopping.  Any more games of Killer Bunnies? And Kressleys--loving the Passbook!

On our way to Glacier National Park in Montana...