After a few days back home in Utah we took another trip. This time we went to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. When we went to the Grand Canyon last year Jack had looked into doing a river rafting trip. It didn't work out for that trip so we decided to do a rafting trip down the Snake River with everyone this year instead. Well, everyone who was old enough except Maureen who was happy to have the excuse of taking care of the younger children while we were all gone. I was really excited that Maya could come on the trip with us.
The first half of the ride was a scenic trip so it was very relaxing and pretty. We saw several bald eagles, osprey, and even a few river otters which are a rare animal to get a glimpse of. Half way through the trip we stopped for lunch and to pick up a few more tourists for the rapids on the last half of the trip. That was great! I wish there were more rapids and that each one lasted longer. These photos were all taken on the same rapid called the Big Kahuna. We had so much fun on the rapids and then we had so much fun looking at these photos afterwards. Poor Josh and Adam didn't have anything to wedge their feet into as the rest of us did so staying upright was a challenge. Maya is in the middle but you can see her well in the last two photos. You can click on the photo to see it a little larger.
Jackson Hole is a great place to visit if you are looking for a cowboy kind of experience. At first when we arrived in town we thought the 4 antler arches around the park in the center of town were barbaric. Then we found out that elk shed their antlers ever year and the local boy scouts collect them. We were much more supportive after that!
The scenery on the drive out of the town was beautiful.
We liked the signs too.
3 comments:
Those rafting pictures are hilarious! It looks like everyone had a great time.
Those pictures bring back some happy memories of our visit to Jackson Hole. We also have photos taken under one of the antler arches. We went on the Snake River too but didn't do the white water stuff - thank goodness. I was scared enough in the calm water! You all obviously enjoyed it though.
That's looks like so much fun - I'm so jealous, I love rafting. Great photos. Glad you told me about the antlers or I'd think it was barbaric too.
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