We have been blessed with temps in the low 70's every day since June 21, the official start of summer. We took a wagon ride for a "cowboy breakfast" on Thursday morning. This was one of two "trial runs" for the horses, wranglers, and cooks. The first photo shows Paren, our wrangler, giving a description of the path we were on. This part of the path was actually part of the old Yellowstone Road which connected the town of Jackson with Yellowstone National Park.
We left the Colter Bay Corral at 7:30 a.m. which is a good time to see wildlife. Yes, we were rewarded with this elk watching as our two wagons passed within 50 yards of her.
We arrived at the meal site to see pots of cowboy coffee waiting for us. The coffee grounds are put in a sock and, when the sock floats to the top, the coffee is ready. Coffee was on the strong side, and we had to watch for grounds in the bottom 1/2" of the cup.
We were rewarded with this view of the Tetons with the sun shining on the still snow covered mountains.
Some of us gathered around the other campfire to get warm.
I'm sitting at one of the picnic tables waiting for breakfast. Mount Moran is in the background.
Once the breakfast bell rang, we moved towards the field kitchen.
Ryan and Harold were our two cooks.
We had such a good time on Thursday morning that we went again on Friday with our friends, Ron & Karen, who returned to manage the Jenny Lake Store where we worked last summer. Notice, the tables have linen table cloths on the 2nd morning. Breakfast consisted of ham, breakfast potatoes, scrambled eggs, and pancakes.
Sometimes photos are priceless. Here we are with Mount Moran over Paul's left shoulder.
Paul pictured with our two wranglers, Paren and Molly.
Ryan got creative with a pancake shaped like a mountain sheep.
We also saw two bears, but the bears were about 150 yards from the road, so we were unable to get a photo.
sounds like a great time ... when do you work?
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