{"id":1373,"date":"1991-07-15T12:00:09","date_gmt":"1991-07-15T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2025-04-21T17:41:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T17:41:56","slug":"vacation-to-the-tetons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/?p=1373","title":{"rendered":"Vacation to the Tetons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eileen, our new dog Emma, and I went out to the Tetons from Boulder for a little summer vacation, in part because Dave Spildie was working a Forest Service gig right there at Lake Jackson, just north of Jackson Hole. \u00a0We were in our little Toyota pickup, with a shell on the back that we could sleep in. \u00a0The details of this trip are a bit hazy because this all happened 23 years ago. \u00a0I remember that we were able to hang out at the forest service compound right on Lake Jackson, staring the Tetons right in the face. \u00a0We camped nearby at a commercial campground, where we were dwarfed by large RVs and buses.<\/p>\n

After one idyllic afternoon on the DNR pier, taking in the sun, we noticed some clouds scudding in from the north. \u00a0With astonishing speed, a real gale hurtled down upon us. \u00a0In less than 15 minutes, the sky went black, the winds howled. \u00a0I managed to snap two pictures before we ran for it. Boats were tossed around like corks. \u00a0This explains the last two shots.<\/p>\n

Here’s that scene. \u00a0Kodachrome slides, taken in ’91, scanned in 2014.<\/p>\n

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After a day or two in and around Jackson, we took off for what I assume was Bridger Teton National Forest. \u00a0One night of Kar Kamping with Dave, then we backpacked into a spectacular area. \u00a0It had rained a lot, the wild flowers were out in an abundance that I’d never seen. \u00a0As were the flies. \u00a0Small flies tormented us all day. \u00a0We swung ropes and clothes at them steadily so they wouldn’t light, and it half worked. \u00a0They were slow witted. \u00a0 Mercifully, they died down around dinner time.<\/p>\n

Dave forbade us to let our dog wander. \u00a0I was insulted at first. \u00a0This is the woods, dammit. Dogs run free! \u00a0He probably saved our lives with some rather lurid tales of bad dogs flushing out grizzlies and hauling them back to camp.<\/p>\n

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Eileen, our new dog Emma, and I went out to the Tetons from Boulder for a little summer vacation, in part because Dave Spildie was working a Forest Service gig right there at Lake Jackson, just north of Jackson Hole. \u00a0We were in our little Toyota pickup, with a shell on the back that we … Continue reading “Vacation to the Tetons”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1373"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3131,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions\/3131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}