Jackson Hole

Today was a free day. We started by having a lay in and then giving the bike a wash, it needed it! We went to breakfast and then back to catch the bus out to Teton Village to take a ride on a tram (cable car) up to the summit of Rendezvous Peak.

Jackson Hole was named after an early trapper and the hole part came from the sensation of climbing into a hole when descending into the valley.

Jackson's income is derived from tourism, cattle and skiing. Grand Teton National Park and the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort is the largest and most popular ski resort in the state so as you can probably image it is a pretty spectacular place. Some of the ski slopes are only for experts and are pretty serious. The photo of a rocky slope below is one such run. Jackson airport is the busiest in the state.

Our first trip up on the tram (yes Judy and I had more than one, more later) was great! The girls got to see a moose. At the top we could see for hundreds of miles and Grand Teton Peak was very visible. After a drink it was back down to the bottom only to find that I had left our Ulysses bag at the top on the back of a chair. One of the operators made a quick call to the top and it was located so back onto the tram (free ride) and up to the top to retrieve the bag; the good side of this was that we got to see the moose twice more.

Tonight we had a couple of beers on the deck of the motel and a light meal arranged by our lovely ladies.

Tomorrow it is a short trip to Cody via Yellowstone National Park; hope to see some bears and buffalo.