We took a ride to Grand Teton National Park this afternoon. It was a glorious day with beautiful fall colors decorating the roadways, giant mountains, silver rivers...the skies however were a bit hazy. That did not spoil the beauty.
Our first stop was Schwabacher's Landing. An "out of the way" turn out that most people don't know about. At first the road is paved, then it's gravel mixed with "Teton taters" (to the folks not from around here, taters are river rocks the size of russet potatoes that have been rolled and spun in the waters of the Snake River so they are smooth to the touch.) Teton taters do not make good paving stones.
The black cottonwoods line the Snake River and the Tetons are in the background. What a place.
The next stop was off Antelope Flats to Mormon Row. Around the turn of the last century 27 Mormon families tried to homestead the land overlooked by the Tetons. They eked out a living for close to fifty years before they gave up. They were hard workers but the the poor soil and the extremely short growing season,won out in the end. However, if you drive to Mormon Row you can see their homes and barns. One of the most famous, is the Moulton Barn.
It's a beautiful time of the year to be in the Tetons. Winter is coming, so enjoy the autumn as long as you can.
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