Monday, 9/26....Flaming Gorge to Grand Teton NP...

The Green River (which flows into the Colorado River)  is where John Wesley Powell began his journey of mapping the Colorado River Basin, complete with his many harrowing rides of the rapids ending with the Grand Canyon....the Flaming Gorge (which he named) is a remarkable site.....

The Green River was dammed here in the early 60's, and it is a beautiful dam.....

The dam created a huge resevoir behind it, similar to - but much smaller than - what the Glen Canyon Dam did to create Lake Powell.

It was a beautiful morning to explore the area, and then we drove four hours or so north to Jackson, Wyomng. We are camping tonight in Grand Teton NP...we'll spend a couple of days here before heading northwest to Montana....the weather is gorgeous (it's 78 degrees as I compose this at 5pm)....breaking with our normal routine, we will drive ten minutes into Jackson for dinner tonight, where we hope to watch a little of the debate....I hope it doesn't ruin our dinner!!!