Trip To Jackson Hole WY

[Lucky]

Sure sounds like a fun trip.Wish I was riding along behind ya'll. RIDE SAFE

 

[Oldmsocko]

Well my bride and I made it to Jackson Hole this afternoon. Had to put rain gear on for a short period of time. At one point I was at 9745 foot of altitude.

The Grand Tetons appeared to be under a haze. Come to find out it is smoke from all the fires in Idaho. Hope it clears up some by tomorrow but the folks around here don't think so.

I plan on going up the Aerial Tram to the top of the Tetons tomorrow. Hope things look better from there.

 

[DakotaTG]

Hope you have a good time in Jackson Hole. Great place to visit! I believe someone else mentioned going to the Silver Dollar Saloon and having an elk burger there. Last time we were there about three years ago we stopped at the Silver Dollar and had an elk steak. My daughters both live in Nampa, ID just to the west of Boise and they have had bad air quality for over a week now due to the fires up north. You may want to head up the road toward Yellowstone and take in Jackson Lake. Toward the north end are some beautiful views of the lake with the Tetons in the background is your reward.

Have a great trip!

 

[Oldmsocko]

Hope you have a good time in Jackson Hole. Great place to visit! I believe someone else mentioned going to the Silver Dollar Saloon and having an elk burger there. Last time we were there about three years ago we stopped at the Silver Dollar and had an elk steak. My daughters both live in Nampa, ID just to the west of Boise and they have had bad air quality for over a week now due to the fires up north. You may want to head up the road toward Yellowstone and take in Jackson Lake. Toward the north end are some beautiful views of the lake with the Tetons in the background is your reward.

Have a great trip!

Thanks for the tip on Jackson Lake. We did eat lunch at the Silver Dollar today. I sure would like to have the bar at my house.

 

[Oldmsocko]

Had a good day today. Went to the Teton Village and rode the ski tram up to the top of the mountain. The elevation at the top was 10,475 feet. It as a little harder to breath up there. My bride and I ate waffels at the top.

From the Teton village we went to Yellowstone and went to see Old Faithfull. Of course she was Faithfull. On the way back to Jackson Hole the smoke was worse and we could barely see the Tetons. When I went out to my bike this morning it had ash all over it. It sure is a shame what is happening in Idaho.

 

[Oldmsocko]

My bride and I had a GREAT trip and we are now heading home. At this present time we are in Cheyenne,WY.

 

[greyfang]

Safe travels on the ride home Mike.

 

[Oldmsocko]

Safe travels on the ride home Mike.

Thanks much Bob. I will try to keep it under 100.

 

[Oldmsocko]

Well my bride and I made it back safe and sound this afternoon. We traveled a tad over 5,100 logged by my GPS. We went to Mall America, Mount Rushmore, Sturgis, Crazy Horse, Yellow Stone and the Grand Tetons. The TG ran flawlessly. I averaged 31.6 mpg. The price of gas ran from $4.38 ( Interstate )to $3.48 in WY. I actually was able to purchase gas with out ethanol added at 4 different stations.

The only problem I had was for some unknown reaso the TG started to blow oil out the air cleaner. I actually used a quart of oil. Will figure out this winter what is going on. I certainly don't baby it.

My bride was a real trooper. There was a couple mornings when we started out it was 42 degrees. Have no idea what it was with the wind chill factor at 80 mph on the interstate. I can tell you though it was cold. It was a GRAND trip.


Will post pictures when I get caught up around home.

 

[Lucky]

Glad ya'll are back and had a great trip.RIDE SAFE

 

[Trent]

There are over 40 seperate wildfires burning here in Idaho. The Trinity fire, up by Stanley has burned over 50,000 acres and is prob the main reason for the smoke in Jackson Hole. They cannot get it under control, less than 5% as of today,,and are going to just let it burn until the rain or snow puts it out sometime in October, they figure.
Yesterday the visibility here in Boise was less than 1 mile from all the smoke...I know that from driving on the freeway and not being able to see the overpasses that are exactly 1 mile apart on I-84.

Smoke not so bad today...actually saw some blue sky a couple of times.

When we went on our California trip last month, we went thru the Jordan Valley in Oregon and Nevada where they had a 1 million acre fire the week before. It was like driving thru the apocalypse. Black ground as far as you could see for 30 miles in every direction both sides of the road, and over every mountain range for about 75 miles. Fence posts and power poles still smouldering and smoking. Crews replacing thousands of power poles that were destroyed. It was an amazing and sad sight to see that destruction.

Glad you had a good and safe trip Msocko..we are headed over to Yellowstone in 3 weeks...will be a lot colder than when you were there!..It is getting down to 30 at night there now...coldest spot in the nation the other night...

 

[Oldmsocko]

There are over 40 seperate wildfires burning here in Idaho. The Trinity fire, up by Stanley has burned over 50,000 acres and is prob the main reason for the smoke in Jackson Hole. They cannot get it under control, less than 5% as of today,,and are going to just let it burn until the rain or snow puts it out sometime in October, they figure.
Yesterday the visibility here in Boise was less than 1 mile from all the smoke...I know that from driving on the freeway and not being able to see the overpasses that are exactly 1 mile apart on I-84.

Smoke not so bad today...actually saw some blue sky a couple of times.

When we went on our California trip last month, we went thru the Jordan Valley in Oregon and Nevada where they had a 1 million acre fire the week before. It was like driving thru the apocalypse. Black ground as far as you could see for 30 miles in every direction both sides of the road, and over every mountain range for about 75 miles. Fence posts and power poles still smouldering and smoking. Crews replacing thousands of power poles that were destroyed. It was an amazing and sad sight to see that destruction.

Glad you had a good and safe trip Msocko..we are headed over to Yellowstone in 3 weeks...will be a lot colder than when you were there!..It is getting down to 30 at night there now...coldest spot in the nation the other night...

My bride and I can sure attest to it being cold there over night. BRRRRRRRRRR

 

[Nana]

Mike, I enjoyed following along with you so much! Thanks for sharing your journey

 

[rmrc51]

There are over 40 seperate wildfires burning here in Idaho. The Trinity fire, up by Stanley has burned over 50,000 acres and is prob the main reason for the smoke in Jackson Hole. They cannot get it under control, less than 5% as of today,,and are going to just let it burn until the rain or snow puts it out sometime in October, they figure.
Yesterday the visibility here in Boise was less than 1 mile from all the smoke...I know that from driving on the freeway and not being able to see the overpasses that are exactly 1 mile apart on I-84.

Your description reminds me of the trip I took out to Idaho years ago. There were many wild fires back then as well. I remember when we flew into Boise, there was a group of "Smoke Jumpers" (firefighters who parachute into remote areas) on the flight with us. I also remember driving north and passing through an area where the smoke was so bad, we put wet bandannas around our mouth and nose to help breathing and this was in the car. Yeah, they do get their share of bad fires out there.

 

[jinglebob]

On tour right now in northern California and Oregon. Was at Crater Lake yesterday...amazing amount of particulate ash in the air from the fires on the west coast...could not even see the entire lake from the viewpoints...

Very sad.