Sunday, 13 September 2015

Second Day In The Grand Teton National Park

22 September 2014
Weather: Rainy and 21C


Old Faithful Inn Dinning Room

This morning Justin and I had the buffet breakfast at the Old Faithful Inn, checked out and then joined the 9:30am tour of the Old Faithful Inn.  During the tour was on we stayed out in the undercover area where you arrive and check in just to see Old Faithful Geyser erupt one more time.

After the tour we drove to Gibbon Falls which is about half way between Norris and Madison. Where we took photographs before heading onto the Norris Geyser Basin to find Steamboat Geyser, it is the tallest geyser in the world when it erupts which occurs anywhere between every 4 days or 50 years.  Yes this is correct!  It last went off on the 3rd of September and we didn’t see it erupt during our visit. 

Me at Gibbon Falls

Steamboat Geyser
Steamboat Geyser sign











Norris Geyser Basin

We drove through the rain to Cotler Bay where we stopped for lunch at around 2:00pm.  At this time of the afternoon there is very little food left so I decided on a banana and Justin went the beef jerky and a glazed donut.  We then drove onto Jackson Lake Lodge arriving an hour later and were told that our cabin wouldn’t be ready until 4:00pm, so Justin used the Wi-Fi in the lobby while I bought a postcard and looked through the gift shops.  

Jackson Lake Lodge Lobby

I also went out to the balcony to look for elk and moose but could only hear the elk bugling in the distance.  Once we checked into our cabin we showered and got ready for dinner.  We didn’t get into our room until sometime after 4:30pm as it still wasn’t ready at 4:00pm.  

The bedroom in our cabin at Jackson Lake Lodge

We drove down the road to Willow Flat and Oxbow Bend Turnout to try to find more animals but due to the rain we didn’t have any luck, so Justin drove on towards Moose Village but turned around before the village because we had to be back for our dinner reservation.  

On the road to Moose Village

Our reservation for the Mural Room wasn’t until 7:00pm so this allowed us 30 minutes of animal spotting from the lodge which we managed to see elk in the distance: two elk bulls bugling and about four female elk cows in the meadows between Jackson Lake Lodge and Jackson Lake.  From this distance they could be seen with the naked eye but looked about the size of ants.  

Elk seen from Jackson Lake Lodge

Elk seen from Jackson Lake Lodge
 We continued to watch the elk when seated next to the window at the Mural Room.

The mural at the Mural Room 
While waiting for our dinner we were served a free but tiny watermelon, ginger and mint soup which was served cold, it was very refreshing and enjoyable.  For dinner Justin had the duck and I had an elk steak cooked medium rare, it was delicious and tender and served with red cabbage sauerkraut and white beans.  In my opinion elk steaks are the best meat I have eaten to date.  We also had bread rolls served with butter in the shape of moose, how cool!  We didn’t have any dessert but we were give free dark chocolates in the shape of bison’s, again I am impressed.  

Duck
Butter in the shape of a moose



Elk with sauerkraut and white beans
Chocolate Bisons


















We called it a night afterwards as we are going to have an early morning the next day.

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