Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Summer Adventures

We packed up the camper and headed out of Bend on Monday, July 12, heading east. Our first stop was Jordan Valley, OR, near the Crater of the Moon Park. It wasn't so exciting to us, since we live in a lava field, but we made the visit anyway.


The main focus of our trip was to get to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Here 'tis....
The ski lift....

The Grand Tetons. And yes, they are Grand!









We took the ski hill tram ride to the top of the ski hill - 10,450' up.







The view from the top. That's the Snake River you see winding thru the picture.








From the top of the mountain there was a good view of some of the many hiking trails in the area.



Downtown Jackson is known for the elk horn arches in the town square. There is an identical arch at each of the four corners of the square.


We had spent a day visiting Teton National Park, and then a day in downtown Jackson and up the hill. Our next stop was Stanley, Idaho. Tom's favorite spot...


We were fortunate to have great weather the whole trip. On Saturday, July 17, we celebrated Casper's 6th birthday with an ice cream treat for him. Here is his birthday portrait.



Once again it was a fun trip and a fine time was had by all!