Jackson, Wyoming ~ October 2012 ~ Day 1

Ray and I decided to take a short trip to Jackson, Wyoming. I've never been there before. Ray's been there with the scouts on a river trip. We got a groupon for a hotel that had to be used between October 1 and January 31. We opted for this week, hoping for good weather so we could take the motorcycle. If the weather was bad we would have driven the car.

We left on Wednesday. We checked weather reports for the towns along our route, and all looked clear so we took the motorcycle. We had several layers of clothing to add and subtract, depending on how cold it got. Wednesday was beautiful. The skies were clear, and I loved the entire drive. Bear Lake was as lovely as usual. I've never been through Star Valley Wyoming--it was so pretty. And I never met a view of the Snake River that I didn't like. 

We drove through a lot of open range. There were cattle in the road (couldn't get the camera in time) and sheep (same camera issue). One sheep kept us guessing which direction he would go right up until we passed him. I could have almost touched him as we went by.

We arrived in Jackson at dinner time. We changed into regular clothes and went to dinner at a delicious Italian restaurant called Nani's Cucina Italiana. I had a linguine dish with a cream sauce that had lemon and figs. So good! After that we walked around the main square and looked in a few store windows. Then to bed. We were tired.

Following are several pictures. All the shots from the road are taken with my little point and shoot digital camera. I wear it around my neck and can take pictures when I see something fun. Of course, it's always a gamble whether the picture will be in focus or not. I can now operate the camera wearing gloves or mittens. It's great. The only drawback are there are no people in the pictures--a cardinal rule for me that has to be broken when taking pictures from the motorcycle.

Our route

I loved seeing these few red trees on the hills outside of Huntsville, UT

We could see this fire just over the hill from Bear Lake.

Bear Lake

Montpelier, ID. Ray's grandpa grew up on Bear Lake and wintered in Montpelier so he could go to school. 

Here is an unusual church building in Montpelier. The street side half of it is round. 

Ray, at a rest stop in Wyoming. I had to get off and stretch my legs. We have a picture of all our children at a similar sign in another rest stop in Wyoming taken about 11 years ago.

The Snake River, on our last leg to Jackson. The scenery here was breath taking.