Biking to Teton Village

We finally did our bike ride to Teton Village from Wilson. At 9:30 AM we loaded the bikes onto the Jeep and headed out. This time, there would be no distractions or detours. It was almost 10 AM by the time we got everything together and started our ride.

This was a mostly level ride with just a few small rises and we had beautiful weather for most of the ride. The pathway is similar to all the others in this area and runs along the main highway from Wilson to Teton Village:

As we approached Teton Village, there were some areas of farmland and ranches similar to this one:

 and all of the shots that included the mountains revealed the ski slopes and beauty of the surrounding area:

 

The pathway split at the entrance to the Village, so we went straight - past the Village - to see where the bike path ended. It was about another mile before the bike path ended at a nice creek that was still running pretty fast. This shot is of Josie as we stopped to drink some water and rest:

As we headed back to the path that went into the Village, we saw several paragliders that were coming off the top of the mountain and landing in the Village. Here is a shot of one of them that was about to land:

All of them had two people - the pilot and a passenger. Now, Josie wants to try that on her next birthday. I'll stay on the ground and take the pictures of that trip just as I did on the one she took in the balloon ride on her 50th birthday.

We stopped and walked around the village a little bit and had some lunch at the Cowboy Café where we had previously eaten. It is situated directly under the tram ride and we took this shot while having our lunch:

We noticed a huge, dark cloud coming in over the mountain as we were finishing up our lunch. The decision was to hurry and get out of town as quickly as possible so as not to get caught in a thunderstorm:

We made it back to the Jeep without having any rain, and the 16 mile round-trip ride, including lunch, ended at around 2 PM. Just as we arrived at the Jeep and were getting off our bikes, Josie's foot got caught on her peddle and this is how she ended her trip:

It was a great day to end our weekend off from work.

It's back to work today and we will have a short week as we are taking Wednesday off to travel to WA to visit Harmony on her 9th birthday. Most of our arrangements are finalized for that trip, so we are looking forward to seeing her next week...