Great Wildflowers

It was so nice yesterday morning we took a drive to Wilson which is the town just before the Teton Pass into Idaho. It is only five miles from Jackson, but the road south out of Wilson is a beautiful drive with many different wildflowers. The countryside is a combination of hills, streams and meadows:

We took lots of pictures of the many wildflowers that we saw along this road. Most of them we were able to identify using our two wildflower identification books.

Starting with the Low Larkspur:

 

and Longleaf Phlox:

 

 

Desert Parsley:

 

 

 

Low Hawksbeard:

 



 

 

 Lupines:

 



 

 

and the plentiful Balsamroot:

 



The Balsamroot are the wildflowers that blanket the hillsides and are about at their peak:

Finally, we came back into town from the south and captured the tip of the Grand Teton mountain:

The warm weather has really brought out the wildflowers and we hope to get more shots of different flowers when we take our first hike of the year on our days off this week.

We also decided to go forward and order our bikes from the gentleman at the Teton Mountain Bike Tours who is very sincere in giving us a deal we can't refuse. He will throw in a couple Schwinn helmets with the two bikes, a bike hitch and pump, and free tune-ups for the season - at close to his cost so we will plug his business to guests at the front desk of the Virginian. We hope to have those by the end of this week, or early next week.

It was just another slow night behind the desk last night but we again enjoyed good conversation with Tasha and with the guests. Our work day today is with Donna and we always enjoy working with her...