The Teton mountain range is so beautiful and we're glad this wasn't our first trip because a storm moved in on our second day and you couldn't see the mountains at all for two days. We felt so sorry for the people who came to see the mountains and never got the chance.
We got up early on the first day to photograph the sunrise on the mountains. As we were driving out to an overlook we passed a female moose in a field, barely visible in the pre-dawn darkness. It started to rain while we were waiting for sunrise, but we just put on our raincoats and covered the camera and lens with its own little raincoat. The photos were not quite the great sunrise I was hoping for, but we did get a full rainbow so that was nice. We drove over to Gros Ventre campground area where we have seen moose in the past, but didn't find any. We couldn't spot any wildlife at Schwabacher's Landing either and Moose-Wilson Road was also a bust for wildlife until our last day. We saw a bull and cow moose at the ponds area on Moose Wilson on our last day in the park. We did see six moose total though half of those were from a distance and fairly brief sightings.
This was our third trip to the park but we had never stopped at Menor's Ferry or the Chapel of the Transfiguration so we pulled in to have a look. Menor's Ferry was actually very interesting to us, we love history and learning about early settlers. The Chapel has a beautiful view of the Tetons on a clear day and is still a functioning church. I found myself wondering how much attention I would give the sermon if I could stare at the Tetons the whole time.
We considered walking out to Moose Pond by Jenny Lake but it started to thunder, lightning and hail so we decided to skip that. We did stop at a boat landing along the Snake River and saw fisherman and rafters(!) putting in. This was absolutely crazy to me with the lightning strikes coming all the way down to the ground! We also saw two outfits going out on horseback rides in this weather, one group had the long duster coats on but the others just had their puffy jackets which would be completely soaked in a couple of minutes. I imagine they were questioning their decision to ride in that weather, I would be for sure.
The weather was so changeable on this trip. We had sun, wind, rain, hail, thunder and lightning, and snow! We usually have good weather in September so this was just due to a random storm coming through for a couple of days. Its okay, we just continue on and still have fun regardless of the weather.
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