Potpourri

Hi All,

Still lots of bears around but now moose are being seen more often. This cow was in Sawmill Pond.

Speaking of bears, check out this guy. This magnificent brown Newfoundland was visiting from CA.

Recognize these three? 49 years ago, the Apollo 11 crew splashed down and were placed in an isolation van to keep us al from getting "Moon Germs".

We have visitors in our campsite tonight. As we patrolled Jenny Lake Campground earlier today, we met two bicycle tourists. They asked about getting a site at Gros Ventre Campground where we live. We assured them there would be sites available at least until early afternoon. Carl half jokingly told them our site number and said they could stay with us if the campground was full. 

At 8:30 PM there was a knock on the door and a voice said, "Were you serious?" As darkness fell they pitched their tiny tents behind the coach. Tomorrow they will continue riding across the country.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 

Living & Traveling in our Motorhome

Volunteering across America

greenbaum2@gmail.com

www.livingourdream2011.blogspot.com

617-435-8502

Friends from Nashua, NH

Hi All,

Friends Eileen & Ben are on a hiking vacation that brought them to Grand Teton. We had dinner with them last night and today we joined them on a hike to Phelps Lake from the Laurence Rockefeller Preserve. It was our "back country" day so we were in uniform.

The Woodland trail brought us to this wonderful lake overview. While soaking in the views some other hikers told us about a bear up the trail.

This is a yearling black bear that got ear tags and a radio collar earlier this year.

This image shows the collar clearly. It will fall off long before the bear grows a thick neck.

The return hike is along beautiful Lake Creek.

It was great to see Ben & Eileen and Phelps Lake never disappoints.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 

Living & Traveling in our Motorhome

Volunteering across America

greenbaum2@gmail.com

www.livingourdream2011.blogspot.com

617-435-8502

Quick Uodate

Hi All,

Summer is flying along. Construction on Hwy 89 causes some backups but who can complain about traffic with this view.

We may have mentioned the black bear sow with three small cubs. Usually when frightened they scamper up a tree- today they hid in a drain pipe. We hung around until they came out.

Life is good!

Love,

Sandy & Carl 

Living & Traveling in our Motorhome

Volunteering across America

greenbaum2@gmail.com

www.livingourdream2011.blogspot.com

617-435-8502

Not Just Bears!

Hi All,

As we began our patrol this morning we were greeted by a beautiful rainbow in front of the mountains.

This flight departing Jackson Hole Airport was caught between the arches of the double rainbow.

At Moose Junction we could see two full arches. We had our first "Jam" of the day-a RAINBOW JAM as several cars pulled over to watch/photograph the rainbow.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 

Living & Traveling in our Motorhome

Volunteering across America

greenbaum2@gmail.com

www.livingourdream2011.blogspot.com

617-435-8502

A Nice Day

Hi All,

We started today on a bear jam with 399 plus two cubs visible from the road. We lost sight of her in the thick willows and they popped out crossing the road 200 yards south of our position thankfully with light traffic.

Later we had a more mellow bear jam with this guy, a yearling cub recently kicked out by mom. Not too many cars; a great bear jam.

Not far from the bear cub we found a group of pronghorn.

After a while, one crossed the road near us.

After our shift we attended a wildlife brigade pot luck. On the way home we caught this beautiful sunset mountain profile.

A wonderful day!

Love,

Sandy & Carl 

Living & Traveling in our Motorhome

Volunteering across America

greenbaum2@gmail.com

www.livingourdream2011.blogspot.com

617-435-8502