Wednesday, 17th September - Jackson to Idaho Falls (89 miles)

We saw them yesterday and ate them today - elk sausages for breakfast at our hotel this morning before taking a couple of hours to explore Jackson town centre including the Old Town Square which has an entrance on each of its four corners created out of an arch of elk antlers shed each spring:

The stores in the town feature alot of old facades and the pavements/sidewalks are made of wooden boardwalks:

We found a drug store selling Huckleberry Malt Shakes:

A commemorative t-shirt may have been purchased .....

And so back on the road heading west out of Wyoming climbing steeply through the Targhee National Forest before descending again over the stateline into Idaho and the beautiful Swan Valley:

We made it to to our overnight stop in Idaho Falls early afternoon so took the opportunity to go downtown to view the (man-made) falls, the Japanese Friendship Garden and the main local talking point, the old and new water towers!

On the recommendation of our hotel receptionist we had a steak dinner the Longhorn restaurant:

We have dropped another 1500 feet or so in elevation so temperatures are on the rise again and the air is noticeably less thin.

Cody - 5000ft
Yellowstone NP - 7875ft
Jackson - 6237ft
Idaho Falls - 4705ft
Salt Lake City - 4226ft (still considered "high altitude")

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