Posts Tagged ‘Inspiration’
12
Aug
Posted by tetontales in Colter Bay, Environment, Grand Teton, Melissa's Corner, Uncategorized, Vacations, Wildlife. Tagged: Activities, Adventure, beauty, Blue Heron, Colter Bay Village, Eagle, endangered, Environment, Getaway, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Greater Yellowstone Region, Inspiration, Jackson Lake, Kayaking, Mother Nature, Mt. Moran, National Park Service, Osprey, Photography, protect, Vacations, Wyoming. Leave a Comment
Kayaking is not a new sport to me; however that doesn’t mean I’m ready to barrel roll down the rapids! That being said, I’m perfectly happy to rent a kayak from the Colter Bay Marina and take in a paddle on Jackson Lake. Last weekend, my boyfriend Sy and I did just that! [...]
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8
Aug
Posted by tetontales in Departments, Grand Teton, Moosin' Around, Uncategorized, Vacations. Tagged: Activities, Adventure, beauty, Bison, Dinner, Environment, Float trip, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Greater Yellowstone Region, Inspiration, Jackson Hole, Moose, Mother Nature, Photography, preserve, protect, Snake River, Traditions, Vacations, Wildlife, Wyoming. 1 Comment
Hi everyone! It’s me Colter Moose and today I’m floatin’ the Snake River with the Grand Teton Lodge Company boatmen. These guys get to cruise the river all day long as their job…and I thought I had it good! Anyway, I’ve heard all about the dinner they put together on the banks of the Snake River, so [...]
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26
Jul
Posted by tetontales in Colter Bay, Moosin' Around, Vacations. Tagged: Activities, Adventure, Colter Bay, Elk Island, Getaway, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Inspiration, Jackson Hole, Jackson Lake, Lake Cruise, National Park Service, Vacations, Wildlife, Wyoming. Leave a Comment
Next week the staff of Grand Teton Lodge Company has promised to have my name. It seems a lot of you have joined in the competition to come up with just the right one…I cannot wait to learn what it is! In the meantime, I’ve been playing around alot. Since so many people have been [...]
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24
Jul
Posted by tetontales in Colter Bay, Don's Corner, Environment, Grand Teton, Uncategorized, Vacations. Tagged: Adventure, cabin, Colter Bay, Colter Bay Village, Environment, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, history, Inspiration, Jackson Lake Lodge, preserve, protect, recycle, Rockefeller, sustain, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park. 4 Comments
A Colter Bay Cabin An historic walk through Colter Bay Village with Grand Teton Lodge Company Historian Mary McKinney is a fascinating walk back through time. Listen how the valley began to develop and dude ranches dotted the landscape. Hear how John D. Rockefeller Jr’s vision and generosity assisted in preserving this wonderful landscape. [...]
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20
Jul
Posted by tetontales in Grand Teton, Moosin' Around, Uncategorized, Vacations. Tagged: Activities, Adventure, Colter Bay, Colter Bay Village, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Inspiration, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake Lodge, Moose, Photography, Vacations. Leave a Comment
Well, he’s yet to have a name, but our moose mascot sure doesn’t hesitate to get out and about! He’s making friends quickly with the nearly 1,000 employees we have this summer and they’ve invited him on many excursions. We’re excited to showcase a few of his adventures here for you. Be sure, he’ll [...]
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18
Jul
Posted by tetontales in Colter Bay, Environment, Grand Teton, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake Lodge, Uncategorized, Vacations. Tagged: Activities, Adventure, Colter Bay Village, Environment, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Grizzly, Inspiration, Jackson Lake Lodge, Kids in Nature, Moose, Mother Nature, Mt. Moran, National Park Foundation, National Park Service, sustain, Traditions, Vacations, Wildlife, Wyoming. Leave a Comment
Each year the National Park Foundation sponsors the Junior Ranger Essay Contest. The focus is to ask kids their ideas about how to protect and preserve the national parks. In 2009, the essay contest question was “Why are our national parks important to you and what is your best idea to protect our parks for [...]
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17
Jul
Posted by tetontales in Jackson Lake Lodge, Katie's Corner, Uncategorized, Vacations. Tagged: beauty, Getaway, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Greater Yellowstone Region, Inspiration, Jackson Hole, Jackson Lake, Jackson Lake Lodge, Mother Nature, Photography, Rockefeller, Traditions, Vacations, Wyoming. Leave a Comment
At nine months old, Susan Bishop made her first trip to Grand Teton National Park. The family traveled from Casper, Wyoming on Fourth of July weekend. “My earliest memory of the Park was my mother bathing me in a washtub and me feeding the squirrels,” laughed Bishop. More than sixty years later, Bishop has made [...]
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14
Jul
Posted by tetontales in Don's Corner, Environment, Grand Teton, Vacations. Tagged: Activities, Adventure, American Revolutionary War, Bartha Moulton, beauty, Blacktail Butte, Clark Moulton, Community, Deed of itle, Environment, Federal Land Surveys, Getaway, Government, Grand Teton Association, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Greater Yellowstone Region, Gros Ventre, Homestead, Homestead Act of 1862, Homesteading, Inspiration, Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole Historical Society, John Moulton, Land Ordinance of 1785, Lodgepole Pine, Lucille Moulton, Mormon Row, Mountain Meadow, National Park Service, Photography, preserve, President Abraham Lincoln, protect, Settlers, sustain, Taggart Lake, Thomas Alma, Traditions, Vacations, Wyoming. 5 Comments
“A ranch to the Moulton’s is more that just lands and buildings; it’s the husband, wife, and family all getting together in the field helping each other.” -Clark Moulton, Mormon Row Homesteader, circa 1930s As early as our American Revolutionary War, the distribution of Government lands had created a challenging issue related to [...]
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5
Jul
Posted by tetontales in Environment, Grand Teton, Jackson Lake Lodge, Katie's Corner, Vacations. Tagged: Adventure, Amoretti Inn, beauty, Environment, Getaway, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Greater Yellowstone Region, Inspiration, Jackson Hole, Jackson Lake, Jackson Lake Lodge, Lunch Tree Hill, Mother Nature, Mountain Meadow, Mt. Moran, National Park Service, preserve, protect, Rockefeller, sustain, Traditions, Wildlife, Wyoming. Leave a Comment
It started with a view. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. hiked to the top of a small knoll and gazed out upon the sea of willows and towering mountain range stretched across the valley. Elk and moose grazed down below. Clouds drifted by, some bringing thunderstorms, others breezing along. There, Rockefeller ate lunch and took [...]
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16
Jun
Posted by tetontales in Departments, Don's Corner, Environment, Grand Teton, Katie's Corner, Vacations, Wildlife. Tagged: Activities, Adventure, beauty, Ecosystem, Environment, Getaway, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Guide, Inspiration, Interpretive, Jackson Hole, Jackson Lake, Jackson Lake Lodge, Mother Nature, National Park Service, Vacations, Wildlife, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park. 3 Comments
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over civilized peoples are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity, and that Mountain Parks and Reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.” -John Muir 1901 Muir’s words captivate GTLC [...]
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