Thu, 7/24/08

Grand Teton National Park, WY: Another beautiful morning. We hung around all morning—had a fire. Then at about 12:30 we left to go on a float trip on the Snake River. We met at the float trip parking lot and were picked up in vans and driven to the launch point—dead man’s bar. We had 11 in our raft—only 3 Americans and one of those has lived in Switzerland for 16 years. We sat with her, her son, and her neighbor from Zurich. It was a beautiful day and a lot of fun. We saw a moose, some eagles (one a fledgling), and some osprey. When we approached the take-out point, they radioed our guide and told him a black bear was spotted at the take-out point, but we never saw him. After the float trip we went to a little enclave called Dornans just outside the park which included a couple of restaurants, a service station and a grocery store. We ate at the Chuck Wagon which was all outside and the food was cooked in dutch ovens outside over an open fire. It was buffet style and very good, wholesome food. We stuffed ourselves. Back to the campground after stopping and buying some more wood. Warm today—mid-80s.