Day 6 (August 11):

View from Signal Mountain Lodge

     We were up at 6:00, packed up and went for breakfast at the lodge. Then we headed to Jackson Hole. It is about thirty miles from Signal mountain. And every few miles there was a sign that said “Wildlife on Road” with silhouettes of moose, elk and buffalo but did we see anything? Well...another pronghorn but that was all. It was even the right time of day...early morning. I am still amazed at the amount of sage growing on the rolling hills. Sometimes it is so thick that it looks like a silvery-green river flowing through the other grasses.

     We arrived in Jackson Hole at about 8:30 a.m. and went to a gas station where Tyler met a guy who he called Jackson Hole's Ed Neves. He knew all of the locals and told Tyler he wanted to go see the geek at Staples. He could fix the camera because there was nothing he couldn't fix. We arrived at Staples and Tyler told them he was told to ask for the Geek. They said “oh okay” with a smile and then paged him. He helped Tyler find a new USB cord...and it worked! He uploaded all of the pictures to the laptop so now we can take more great pics to bring home. I know you are all ecstatic:)!

Elk Antler Arch in Jackson Hole

     After resolving that problem we went in to downtown JH to do a little bit of site-seeing and window shopping. We noticed there were art galleries everywhere and asked about it at one of the galleries and the owner said JH is fifth in the US for art galleries. We enjoyed looking at the paintings and sculptures. Most of them were traditional renditions, impressionist (which I love) and then some more modern Native American-type work.

     We left Jackson Hole at about 11:30 and headed back to Lander, where we had spent Monday night still looking for the elusive wildlife:) but seeing none. We drove along the bluffs I looked down I could see a creek winding its way, like a snake through the meadows. The vegetation around the creek and the pasture land was lush and was various shades of green. We stopped in Dubois and had lunch, continuing on to Lander. 

     We arrived in Lander sometime after 4:00, set up camp and waited for a storm that never came:). It sure looked like it was going to rain but all there was in Lander was a lot of wind. We rested for awhile and then went into downtown for dinner and a movie. The only movie showing was “The Sorcerer's Apprentice” and there were lots of families with kids:). I thought it was a cute movie, nothing awe-inspiring but Tyler said about a quarter of the way into it...”Wake me up when its over...”

Oh well...it was something to do with our evening. We went out into the country a ways after that to look at the stars. The night sky is just amazingly beautiful out here. Tomorrow we are on to South Dakota!