June 10, 2000

Jackson to Salt Lake City: Snowballs in Summer?

Starting odometer = 4003

Distance = 547 miles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yellowstone my bane. Yellowstone my own personal hell. Yellowstone my beautiful temptress. I love you. I hate you. I yield.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cutie Gretchen monitors the entrance to Grand Teton NP, and greets visitors with a smile and one of my favorite names.

 

 

 

The Teton Mountains. Big. Really big.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jenny Lake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jackson Dam begets Jackson Lake.

 

 

 

 

 

Yellowstone Reprise

 

 

 

 

 

Speaking of Tetons... Sarah, the lovely lass pictured above, is from Erie. She's a student at Gannon University.

Sheepeater Cliff

 

 

Gibbon Falls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due to the lack of natural predators, Yellowstone attracts many animals at the bottom of the food chain. Instinctively, they still congregate together for safety.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orange Spring Mound

Angel Terrace Spring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mammoth Hot Springs

Rocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tower Fall feeds the Yellowstone River

 

 

 

 

 

 

I take the blizzard that arrives as my sign to get the hell out of Dodge. Of course, it takes me over 2.5 hours just to leave the park.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I-15 toward Utah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barr, if you're out there, this one's for you...

 

I finally arrive at Salt Lake City. Ahhh! Ensconced in concrete again... how I've missed thee.

Sidebar -- Congratulations to Ned Southworth, who shot a 74!, on the way to winning the McMaster golf outing. Thanks to beat reporter Keith Jones, who won the longest drive, for the update.