Out West, Part I

Two weeks ago the clan - my sisters and their husbands, my parents, and grandparents - met up in Jackson Hole and Yellowstone/Grand Teton National Parks.  We explored the parks, shopped in Jackson Hole, went rafting and horseback riding, and ate one s'more every night (that was me).

Yellowstone:

Brett and Bob

The author, center, with Will, Luke, Elise, and Brett

Little orange Luke

Robin and Clemmie

C and her great-grandmother Aggie

Bubbling geysers

In the evening, we ate dinner and hung out around the campfire at Will and Robin's camper.  They prepped enough food for ten adults for several days and it was delicious - salad with figs and goat cheese, cucumbers from their garden, steak.

And raspberry margaritas. Don't you travel with a blender?

And disco ball?

Raft trip down the Snake River, Tetons in distance.  [I follow the Rule of Thirds - maybe a bit too exactly.  Looking forward to my six part photography class this fall!]

Will prepares campfire stew, packets of ground beef, potatoes, and vegetables:

While the rest of us look on.

Jackson Hole:

Will and Robin at the site where they got married last summer.

Drinks and noshes at Local Bar:

We rode the Aerial Tram to the top of Rendezvous Mountain for gorgeous views.  And waffles.

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At the base of the tram we ate a picnic lunch (again, victuals from the camper).

Dad, Elise, and I went on a horseback ride at Flagg Ranch.  Our trail guide Pam is from St Louis!  (Topics covered: Imo's, Lion's Choice, Ted Drewes)

The Snake River outside of Flagg Ranch

Our last night in Wyoming we had pizza at the marina restaurant:

My mom brought these matching sweatshirts from our first Yellowstone trip in 1993.

Twenty years later...

Four generations

And Clementine laughed, really truly giggled:

Elise tried to repeat the feat with a track from the same artist:

On to Colorado (Part II)!