Moose!

Jackson has a farmer's market every Saturday morning so instead of going to the grocery store first, we stopped there. The first thing that caught John's eye was the bacon-on-a-stick. A must have if you love bacon! I stocked up on veggies and fruit and then finished up at the grocery store.

Since we have made plans to eat dinner in town tonight, we opted for a car tour and short hike today. The Tetons are so awesome. Not much snow on them right now but you can spot some glacial snow on the tallest ones. One of the most popular spots in the park is Jenny Lake but because it is Saturday, there are way too many people around to enjoy this spot so we hiked along two smaller lakes -- String Lake and Leigh Lake. It was an easy two mile hike through shady forest on a pine needle path. Almost every afternoon the clouds build up, it thunders and lightenings, it rains in spots and then by early evening the skies clear, the wind dies down for a beautiful night. So we got rained on. We drove back down the valley to Moose Junction and then to a small commercial area called Dornans. There is a shop, grocery, bar and restaurant with a short walk to the Snake River.

At the river is a small concrete platform that juts out over the water a short way. We were enjoying the river view when John heard a noise, turned and spotted a bull moose! He was only about 20 feet from us, standing on the water's edge grazing on the overhanging bushes. He walked a little closer then got distracted from his eating by a passing raft of people. He began this head swinging thing but we're not sure why or what it meant. He wasn't a huge moose but he did have a good size rack of antlers and a long beard. Awesome!

We had dinner in Jackson at The Blue Lion. We shared a rack of lamb that was some of the best lamb we have ever had!