7/18/2013–A Day Trip to Jackson, Wyoming

While still in Teton National Park, we decided to take a day trip to Jackson, Wyoming.

A beautiful view of the Tetons.

We came across a large bison herd.

We made a quick stop and walked in to see the historical Cunningham Cabin.

They were either very short or had to duck on entering the cabin.

A current resident at the cabin.

Jackson is home to the National Elk refuge where large herds from Yellowstone migrate there during the winter months and return in the spring.

That’s a lot of elk antlers!

The visitor’s center had some very good exhibits.

After lunch in town, we drove to the west of Jackson, then drove up the eastern route through the Tetons on the way back to the RV.

This was a good sized beaver hut.

A couple of views of Jenny Lake.  It’s a popular place to visit in the park on a beautiful day.

Jackson Dam.

And then it was back to the RV for the evening.

7/12/2013–Thermopolis, WY–The Wyoming Dinosaur Center

When we left the RV this morning we first headed over to the Visitor’s Center to pick up any literature we may have missed at other locations.  Once done there, we drove to The Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis, Wyoming.

The following photos are just a small sampling of what is there.  They have some very large displays, but we found the lighting in the exhibit very difficult to work around to get any decent photos.

There were several pieces similar to this one with many of the same types of fossils in one clump.

This one looked like a predecessor to an alligator.

This looked like a sea turtle.

This is the only known Albertaceratops on display in the world.

After visiting the museum, we decided to drive back out to look at the bison range and look for another possible range area in town.  We couldn’t find the other area, but the same bulls were hanging out close to where we found them yesterday.

We drove north of town and stopped at an overlook looking down at the World’s Largest Mineral Hot Spring.

We continued a little further north to a historical marker for the Bridger Trail – Bighorn River Crossing.

We turned back toward town and stopped to get a photo of this deer with some pretty impressive antlers.

We stopped in town for an ice cream treat before heading back to the RV.  Tomorrow we will be driving about 100 miles to Cody, Wyoming for a couple of nights.