We have returned to New York…
…having flown back here yesterday not long after a Wyoming breakfast:
[Avocado Eggs Benedict Toast, at Bubba’s, Jackson, Wyoming. Photo by me, 2019.]
Following Yellowstone, we had headed to the incredible Tetons:
“Awesome” in the REAL meaning of the word.
[Cabin at Colter Bay, the Tetons. Photo by me, 2019.]
And we really roughed it: we stayed in a lakeside cabin for two nights that had ***NO WIFI***.😂
One afternoon there, I did my “Outdoor Man” impersonation.😂
After that, we drove for Jackson…
[Outside Jackson, Wyoming. Photo by me, 2019.]
Before reaching the city, we stopped at Teton Village – the Jackson Hole ski resort. There, starting from the top of Rendezvous Mountain…
…after taking the tram up…
[Teton Village. Photo by me, 2019.]
…we did a walk DOWN a couple of thousand feet on the Cirque trail:
[On the Cirque trail, Rendezvous Mountain. Photo by me, 2019.]
(We caught another lift to go down the rest of the way.)
At over 10,000 feet (about 3000 meters), even in July, there was in spots…
[Walking down Rendezvous Mountain. Photo by me, 2019.]
…snow.
One man passing us greeted my [21 year old English] niece with a “Howdy…”
It made her day, she laughed: “Howdy.”
That evening (Tuesday), we reached Jackson:
[Jackson, Wyoming. Photo by me, 2019.]
[Jackson, Wyoming. Photo by me, 2019.]
[Jackson, Wyoming. Photo by me, 2019.]
It’s an INCREDIBLY AFFLUENT and EXPENSIVE city. And also historical. It’s well-worth visiting.
During our trip, my 17 year old English nephew voiced that he wanted to know more about my novels. It turns out the time period 1763-1815 in the US fascinates him, and he loves the musical Hamilton – which I did not know. So just before we headed to Jackson Hole Airport for our flights back here to New York, at our hotel I emailed him a copy of Conventions: The Garden At Paris and told him he was free to read as much of it, or as little of it, as he wanted; there was no exam awaiting him.😂
At Albany Airport, late last night, as we headed off together to retrieve the car from the long-term parking lot, he revealed to me that he had already read “the first 50 pages” on the plane(s).
Have a good day, wherever you are. 🙂
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