Teton National Park & Jackson, WY (1)

So we finally reached the Grand Tetons around 11:30 at night Mountain time (1:30 am eastern time) and realized this was probably not the smartest idea in the world since there are so many wile animals around here that come out at night. We will call this “Lindsay and Michele on Safari in the Tetons” Drive at a snails speed through the mountains we saw a ton of deer and antelope. It was very cool, but seemed like forever. Michele was getting a little nervous thinking we were lost in the Teton Mountains and decided we should seek out a ranger. We pulled over on the side of the road for shel to use the facilities and low and behold a ranger drove right past us. She jumped back in the truck, pants still unbuttoned and said Follow that Ranger! Hunting down this ranger we flashed out brights at him about a thousand times. He finally pulled over and came to our car. He was like what’s the problem ladies. We quickly told him that we thought we were lost and that we were looking for a site. He pointed us in the right direction and went of with the rangerly duties of the night. We Shel and I went the way he said, and because it was so dark and so late we couldn’t find the damn site! While in search of the site we can across a group of animals the size of a clidsdale horse! It was herd of elk! Very cool. Allowing these lovely but huge animals to cross the road we drove on only to be stopped once more by deer crossing the street. Now deer are pretty docile creatures, but once we stopped and watched for a while we noticed there were some other animals in the grasses as well. We waited and watched. There were two grey wolves stalking and hunting these deer. We actually got to see these wolves lunge at the deer, but unfortunately for the wolves we spooked the deer and scared them away, so I guess we saved a few dear and made the wolves work a little harder for dinner. Michele and I finally got so tired that we just pulled off the road into a turnout and stayed the night there. We woke up at 6:00 am to find our campsite. We were lucky we went to the Jenny Lake campgrounds first, this is the most popular site at the Tetons because it is right on the lake. We just happened to pull in when a family was leaving! Go Us! So we are staying in the Tetons for a few days, thank god we were getting a little tired of the “go go go” thing we had going on.
Exciting sightings:
Grey Wolf: 3
Elk: close to 30
Deer: A dozen or so
Magpie: 2
Bison: 6
Moose: 1
Bald Eagle: 3
Grizzly Bear: 1
Cowboys: Hundreds (Complete with Belt buckle, Hat, boots, and colorful printed shirt!)
Ground Hog: 1 (This thing was the size of a cocker spaniel)