Monday, September 29, 2008
Gros Ventre Campground, Grand Teton NP, WY: Sept 23-28
Gros Ventre (pronounced "grow vaunt", French for "big belly") is a no-hookup campground at the southern end of Grand Teton NP. We arrived early on the 23rd and had a wide selection of sites. Unfortunately, we settled on one that was closing in a couple of days -- evidently we missed the note at the check-in station listing sites that would be closing. We went shopping in Jackson & came back to a note saying we would have to move when the site closed. Then Sue Horne arrived and didn't bother setting up her tent that night, sleeping on our couch for one night.
The next morning we walked around & chose a spot with good solar all day. As we were starting moving preparations, Sue noticed a family of moose - a bull & cow with a calf - near the trailer (within 50 yards). So we all watched & photographed them for a while. Then Sue got to watch us move. Our last day here Doug again spotted a bull moose browsing in the field across the road from us. He went out & took a few pictures as the animal slowly moved forward towards him, at which point he thought being on the business end of moose's antlers was not perhaps the smartest place to be. He quickly retreated into the trailer.
The new site was much better than the old, and we had a wonderful visit with Sue, driving up to Yellowstone one day and driving & hiking Grand Teton the other days. We were sorry to see her go, but knew we would be seeing each other again in a few days. We were pleased at how well the solar worked and how much more cheerful the trailer felt in full sun. Still, having only one cat was feeling way too empty!# posted by Doug and Willie @ 12:49 PM 
