7/30/1991 - Tuesday

John:  Woke up to another beautiful sunny day.  We drove to Jackson Hole and did our laundry for the last time... that took a big chunk of time.  After that we drove to Teton Village and went to some more shops.  I bought a T-Shirt from the Mangy Moose Saloon.  We ate lunch, gassed up the truck and hit the road.  We followed the Snake and Hoback Rivers.  They look like great canoeing rivers... After we drove out of this nice area, we reached the “waste lands” of Wyoming... Tons of sage brush and rabbits.  We saw some antelope at the place we’re camped at (which came up out of the sage brush like a mirage).  It’s called Fontenelle Creek Campground.  Our spot is next to the Fontenelle Reservoir... it’s pretty nice compared to visions of camping in tons of sage brush... (we’re still surrounded by sage brush, but at least there’s a reservoir here!!)  Before leaving Teton Village, we spotted a huge stick nest on top of an abandoned telephone pole.  It had three large babies in it.  We waited for a while, then saw the big mother bird fly over with a fish in her talons and fed the babies.  The babies were quite large.  Not sure what kind of birds they were, but I think they might be Osprey (gotta look in our bird book when we get home).  We drove 164 miles today... After supper I noticed the roof carrier hung different.  So I climbed up to check it and found that one of the hinges on the front was cracking off... I couldn't climb onto the roof without breaking my neck, so I tried putting duct tape all around it, but couldn't reach the badly broken part.  So with a little Yankee ingenuity and Kansan ingenuity we were able to get a rope tied around the stupid carrier and tied to the camper rack.  Hopefully this will help hold it together for a few more days.

ODOM:  31626

Stick nest

Antelope