(9/7-9/9) Mountain scenery.
We spent 3 days with Tony White in Jackson, Wyoming, during which he gave us an insider's look at the Grand Teton mountain range and the valley adjoining it to the east, known as Jackson Hole.
The Tetons are young mountains, formed only about 10 million years ago. Unlike most of the Rocky Mountains, which were pushed up by a collision of tectonic plates, the Tetons were formed by a pulling apart of the earth's crust. A fault runs along the base of the mountains. The Teton side of the fault has risen while the Jackson Hole side has fallen.
Glaciers also helped shape this landscape. The rocks they carried down from the mountains have created a relatively flat valley with lakes next to the mountains and hills (moraines) around the lakes.
The scenery here is drop-dead gorgeous! The mountains compel one to take their pictures, and we took many. This post and the next are only a sample.
