As the clear sky and bright stars would dictate, it was a cold night. Ollie had an extra blanket that we wrapped him in and seemed to sleep soundly apart from the occasional low growl to the apparent noises outside - just to let everyone know that he was in charge.
We unzipped the tent, stretched and looked around... and there was a moose cow ambling along not more than 100 feet from our tent, she wandered off in to the scrub, then just a few minutes later 2 huge bulls appeared. They were jousting and playing around, the joust wasn't a serious competition because they continued to hang together and munch away seemingly oblivious to all of the cameras clicking away. Every few minutes they took a few steps closer to our tent until at one point they must have been not more than 15 feet away! it was a perfect start to the day - watching bulls play around whilst we sipped tea and coffee.
We must have watched the moose for about 1 hr 1/2, then as they wandered off we started to pack up the tent and head in to Jackson for some late breakfast and to write the earlier blog. Once it was written we walked around a little more and then waved goodbye and drove to Teton Village where the actual Jackson Hole Ski Resort is.
It was certainly a very nice resort, really nice shops and restaurants without being over the top, again, one to come back to...
Onwards to Idaho.
The drive took us through some very interesting terrain, one area seemed a bit like Area 51; there were acres and acres of nothing except for the occasional sign that said: No Trespassing Per Department of Energy and then a reference to Atomic Areas and a lot of "communication towers." The nearest town had only a population of 76...
However, the most remarkable part of the journey was the Crater of the Moon National Monument. Historically it occurred just 15,000 to 2,000 years ago: hot lava burst through cracks in the earth and cooled leaving a huge area of black stones and boulders. It looked as if someone had just tilled the field - it looked creepy and very prehistoric.
I think Idaho took us both by surprise, I wasn't sure what to expect but it has some of the most beautiful countryside: cows and horses grazing with a mountain back drop and lots of potato fields. The first town we drove through was very pretty and clean then as we drove closer to Ketchum and Sun Valley, the log homes we saw were just amazing, huge ranches with acres of land and incredible views with dozens of very happy horses grazing in the fields.
From a dusk perspective Ketchum looks lovely; big-ish with nice looking shops and Sotheby's (always a good sign) luckily we are here for 2 days, maybe I'll go riding (horses with Robert Redford) and Steve will go riding (biking), we'll also have to check out Sun Valley...
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