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jalichty
Jul 18, 2014Explorer
One other thing, not posted as far as I can tell, is to take the Moose/Wilson Road and stop at the L Rockefeller Reserve and take the hike into the newest part of Grand Teton National Park at Phelps Lake, the Rockefeller compound that they reclaimed and then gave to Grand Teton. Also, if you do go into Jackson, there is a little restaurant there named Merry Piglet that serves pretty good Mexican food at a very reasonable price. My wife of 49 years and I have been going to Grand Teton almost every summer since we got married, we tent camped, camped with her family in a camper, trailer and motorhome and then got our own FWs to camp at Colter Bay. Couple of good hikes around Colter Bay to Swan Ponds and Heron Ponds, both pretty easy hikes. And don't forget, probably one of the prettiest spots on earth. Also, if you don't mind spending the money, take a cruise on Jackson Lake and perhaps have lunch or dinner on Elk Island in the shadow, kind of, of Mt. Moran. We had never camped at Gros Ventre campground until this spring when Colter Bay was closed for construction, but had a couple of moose wander through our camp one evening and down past Slide Lake we saw about a dozen Bighorn Sheep. I never get tired of Grand Teton and, for about the last 15 years or so, we have celebrated our anniversary on the deck at Leek's Pizza with beer and pizza overlooking the lake and the Tetons. I think there are many things you can still do in Grand Teton if you just take a while to figure it out.
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