We celebrated Ann's birthday by taking a breakfast cruise on Jackson Lake. Our company operates two touring boats, each with a capacity of about 45 passengers, for scenic cruises, breakfast cruises, and dinner cruises. We left the marina at 7:30 a.m. and were docked at Elk Island in the middle of Jackson Lake by 8:30. Paul is shown below getting warm by the campfire on Elk Island.
The meal is served buffet style with the cooks, first mates, and boat captains all sharing in the serving duties. The cooks are taken to Elk Island before sun-up to prepare the meal on site. Scrambled eggs, hash browns, bacon, sausage, fried trout, and pancakes never tasted so good! There was also a selection of freshly cut fruit, croissants baked earlier in the morning before the supply boat left for the island, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and orange juice.
Paul is about to partake in the feast with Mount Moran in the background. You can still see plenty of snow, especially on Skillet Glacier, which is the patch of white just to the left of the center. It is named Skillet because it is shaped like a skillet with a "handle" that leads towards the top of the mountain.
While we were finishing our meal, a resident mule deer named "Matilda", came visiting. Yes, it is named Elk Island because there is a large herd of elk, but there are also mule deer. Lore has it that the wildlife swims out to the island to escape the bears on the mainland.
At first, Matilda was hiding in the bushes.
At first, Matilda was hiding in the bushes.
Then, Matilda decided to come closer to the camera.
This photo was taken right before boarding the Teewinot to go back to the marina. The boat is named after Mount Teewinot, which is the 6th highest peak in the Teton Range at 12,325 feet. The large "depth charge" on the top of the boat is actually an inflatable life raft.
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