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The Grand Teton National Park

Wyoming, USA

Brian Everingham

Not far out of Jackson Hole in Wyoming, USA there is a majestic national park called the Grand
Tetons and in September 2010 it was my first walk on an NPA walking/study trip to the NW corner of
the USA. It is a walk I’ll never forget.

Having arrived overnight after a long, long flight I have to say we were somewhat confused and
sleepy while we were being briefed by the local rangers and perhaps we did not take in all that was
said about being safe amongst the wildlife of an American national park but more about that anon.

Pretty well everything was new, including the butterflies, and I was in Heaven. We set out and it
proved to be a day of walking and wildlife! We saw moose (a bull), black bear (sow and cub), Yellow
Bellied Marmot, Pika, Red Tree Squirrel and Least Squirrel. We also saw an American Dipper and a
host of other delightful sights. But best of all, we walked, alone, and the route was around Jenny
Lake, up to Hidden Falls, then on to Inspiration Point and way up into Cascade Canyon. I could do it
again and again.

Somewhere up in the mountains, beyond anyone else in our party, we stopped in a delightful glade
for our lunch. The autumn colours were coming through and the soft sun made us sleepy. We
relaxed, closed our eyes, soaked in the scene.

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