Mormon Row is the remains of a Mormon settlement that was started in the 1890's. Most of the buildings are structurally unsound so you can't go in them but they are interesting and especially photogenic against the backdrop of the Teton mountains.
The Jackson Lake Lodge access was closed when we visited but we did visit Jenny Lake and took the boat trip across the lake to hike to Hidden Falls. The lake is really pretty and the hike up to the falls isn't too strenuous. If my hip was feeling better, we would have hiked back around the lake to the parking area but we opted to take the boat back instead. There are so many hiking opportunities here, it was just bad luck that I had an injury so close to the trip.
The Teton area is full of aspen trees and the trees were turning gold and orange when we were there so I came home with quite a few photos of the mountains with beautiful aspen trees. The only down side was that smoke had drifted in from western wildfires so the mountains were somewhat obscured in some photos.
It was a great trip and we had such a good time. It was nice to get out of California because the wildfire smoke in our area was nearly unbearable. We couldn't believe that all this beauty was so close by and we had never visited before. It definitely won't be our last visit!
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| Mormon Row barn |
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| Aspen trees |
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