Thursday, August 31, 2017

Grand Teton National Park Foundation Video

Hi All,

The GTNP Foundation raises tens of millions of dollars to fund projects that the National Park's budget could never accommodate.

They created a video to engage people in the park. If you ever wondered why we have dedicated five summers (and counting) to this place, the video will make it clear

Watch "Grand Teton's Future Depends on You" on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/228238754?ref=em-v-share

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Thursday, August 24, 2017

Good Bear-Bad Bear

Hi All,

Wednesday we found this young black bear high in a tree.


For a while it looked like he was struggling to figure out how to get down but after about twenty minutes he made it to the ground.

The previous day this little guy was spotted on Moose Wilson Rd.

Sadly, he has a very bad habit of climbing onto cars. This suggests he might have been fed from a car in the past. Could be a sad ending. We are all on the lookout for this guy.
"My what big ears you have"

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Monday, August 21, 2017

Eclipse

Hi All,

We had large but not overwhelming crowds in Grand Teton for the eclipse. Carl took this sequence of photos with his phone.


Remember? It is not too soon to start planning for the next total eclipse in the USA on April 8, 2024.
Save those eclipse glasses.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Saturday, August 19, 2017

White Grass Ranch and More

Hi All,

We met up with Betty & Walt today to visit White Grass Ranch. This former dude ranch has been used for several years as a training site for historic structure restoration. The results are fabulous.

Here are Sandy, Betty & Walt in front of one of the larger buildings, beautifully restored inside and out.

On this small cabin, notice the benches built into the porch columns.

Another small cabin has a carefully rebuilt fieldstone chimney.

After lunch in town, we visited another old house awaiting its turn for restoration. If it gets fixed up, we would volunteer to live here😎.

Back in the campground we found this barn swallow nest with four little chicks with big mouths. The nest is built on the dryer vent at the laundry room.

The campground has been filling by nine or ten AM. The staff is showing just slight signs of stress.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Moose and Moon Shadows

Hi All,

It was a very moosey week. One day we had seven different Moose to deal with. Here's one along the Snake River.


Here's another in the Park Headquarters parking lot licking the road salt.

In case anyone doubted that the eclipse is near, here are 21 RVs lined up to get into Gros Ventre Campground at 10 AM! Our campground is almost directly under the centerline of the path of totality.

We had our Eclipse meeting today. Over 400 staff and volunteers will be deployed throughout the park to protect the visitors and the park. The event description was simple, " It will be light, it will get dark and it will get light again".  We expect to be mobbed with visitors but we expect a wonderful experience for all. Someone mentioned that there are people who believe the eclipse should be viewed naked, That may be another use for the very dense eclipse glasses🙀.

Tonight we went to AMK Ranch for an eclipse presentation by a U of WY astronomer. On the way home we enjoyed a beautiful sunset.
Enjoy the eclipse where ever you are.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Monday, August 14, 2017

Moose and Motorhomes

Hi All,

We deal with many things that stop traffic on Moose Wilson Rd. This solitary cow moose was feeding close to the road for most of the day.


Just a few hundred yards further south this cow and calf were also clearly visible. The rush hour traffic gave lots of people a chance to view the moose and practice patience.

When we finally got a respite from the moose, these three big motorhomes tried to drive down the road. Moose Wilson is narrow, winding and partly unpaved. It is clearly posted no trucks, trailers or motorhomes but some folks follow their GPS and not their better instincts. This leads to "What were you thinking?" Moments.
We stopped all traffic and got these folks turned around safely. All in a days work.

This week was the Volunteer Appreciation luncheon. We got this really neat, personalized plaque.
Hard to believe August is half gone. If we survive the eclipse (our campground and access road is near the center of the totality path) the rest of the summer will fly by.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Sunday, August 6, 2017

Transitions

Hi All,

Things have been changing here. We had our first moose jam on the Snake River bridge. 65 visitors watching a young bull moose.


At the Beaver Creek construction site, the bears have been walking on the water pipe!

 Walt  and Betty are back and we spent Saturday with them. During lunch at Cutty's, Carl spotted this poster in the men's room. 

Fires in Montana and Idaho have brought a lot of smoke into the valley . It was bad in Moose this morning 

but much worse at Oxbow Bend this afternoon.
We used the upper photo on our "business card". We gave one to a Dutch family who could only see the lower view this afternoon.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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