A good hour delayed I continued into the mountains and the wonderful Grand Tetons National Park. The drive up to the park is quite scenic once you get up into the hills, with some truly stunning vistas around the town of Jackson, Wyoming (state #47, wheee). Without further ado, here is the postcard bonanza that is the Grand Tetons.
The view from the pass above Jackson. It was a stunning sight, coming up a series of long, winding curves and then to see this... I was speechless (and you KNOW that doesn't happen very often).
This is a few minutes after Jackson, which btw is a tacky, fake and utterly dreadful place.
The great thing about much of the mountains in the western US is that often they have large, broad valleys between the ranges. This allows one to get a better impression of size and perspective, because you're not standing directly under them and craning your neck all the time as is often the case with European mountains. Some examples - looking south, straight forward and north respectively:
A few minutes after entering the park proper, there was this place... possibly the most beautiful landscape I have ever seen.
Yellowheaded blackbirds - persistent and cheeky little buggers they were.
A herd of deer down by the waters of Lake Jackson. I apologize for my shitty camera, I really need to get something with better zoom capabilities.
More Teton pics here.
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