On Saturday 5/24 we headed north through Idaho and then west to Jackson (Jackson Hole) ,Wyoming. My brother Jim's son,Ben, lives in this beautiful town at the foot of the Teton Mtn.'s. We had the opportunity to have two great meals with Ben on Friday and Saturday night. He has been living and playing here for two years and is very knowledgeable about the town and the surrounding mountains. In the summer, he climbs the mountains; and in the winter, he is on the surrounding slopes during the day, and working at night. He is definitely loving his life here, and after our visit we certainly understood why. What's not to like? The mountains, the wildlife, the town, the people are all great. I will say however, if you don't like snow this probably isn't the place for you. This past winter they stopped counting the inches of snow in the surrounding mountains after it hit 650 inches.
On Sunday, Ben took us into Teton NP to a trail at Jenny Lake. We walked about 2.8 miles around the lake. The snow hadn't really melted completely on the second half of the trail which made the walking a little difficult for the old folks. We did see a bull moose , a marmot, and other small wildlife on this walk. It was a very nice day and we really enjoyed Ben's company.
Saturday night we went to dinner with our new neighbor's, Chip and Barbara and Ben. The meal was OK but the company was great.
The weather hasn't been cooperating for us, except for our hiking day. We had a lot of rain, on and off the entire time we were in Jackson. We did, however, manage to spend a lot of time in the local shops. The downtown is very unique and the shops have a full range of outdoor gear, in addition to the regular tourist stuff. There are many very unique specialty shops that are very different than anything we have seen during our trip.
Thanks Ben for showing us around and sharing a few days of your life with us. We enjoyed it very much.
Life is Great!!
Bill and Eileen
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