Shortly after they arrived in Salt Lake City on July 19, 2006, AJ asked if we could go to Temple Square so he could see the Temple close up, as he had only seen it in magazines. Since it it's now possible to access the outside of the temple , I took him there and he walked up and touched it. 
I image this scene would have looked no different 100 years earlier. In my youth I always hoped I would be able to live here after I retired. Too bad I don't have a million dollars to spend on real estate and I could.
I thought this mixture of yellow, purple, blue and red flowers was beautiful. The red flowers are Indian Paintbrush, the Wyoming state flower.
Shelley (of course) adopted a little ground squirrel living just outside our cabin in the park. He (or she) is shown dining on a cookie she gave it. I'm sure it was sad to see us leave.
July seems to be the ideal time for wild flowers in Yellowstone Park.
This was taken Uncle Tom's lookout at the base of the Yellowstone River's upper fall. It is an arduous hike down from the parking lot, and, of course, three times as hard going back up on 328 metal stairs and some steep trails.
Paulette, Sheryl and I descended to the base of the upper fall to "Uncle Tom's" lookout. Some steep trail and 328 stairs going down, and we wondered if we had the stamina to get back out, but we paced ourselves and it was okay. Notice the three people in the upper right-hand corner on the opposite side of the river.
We passed a grizzly bear about 300 yards away enroute to this viewpoint (Storm Point) and debated whether we should proceed, but we decided to go on. It was worth it. Looking south-south-west.
We were just a short way up the trail to Mount Washburn when we encountered the most amazing display of these wild flowers. Looking south near the trail head.
Paulette took this with a little Kodak V530 I gave her for her birthday! Not bad!
A view from within an actual late 1800's pioneer cabin. It was built of extra-heavy logs to protect its occupants against roving thugs. The settler could fire from this narrow window relatively protected from the bad guys.
A view on the way up to the summit of Renezvous Mountain on the aerial tram. Unfortunately this tram is being decommissioned in October, never to go again. Why? I don't know.
What does it look like at the top of the Tetons? Like this! June 5, 2006, 42 degrees, wind 10 MPH and still lots of snow. It's 76 degrees in the valley.
The quintessential postcard photo of the Tetons from the Jenny Lake road in Teton National Park.
Yours truly after successfully arriving at the summit of Renezvous Mountain with Jackson Hole in the background. (I took the tram!)
The three hikers sitting on the left have just hiked to the summit of Renezvous Mountain from the floor of Jackson Hole, a 4500 foot climb. The one on the left is American, the other two are Germans from Munich. They made the climb in two hours twenty minutes a distance of 7.2 miles.
An aerial tram car approaches the dock at the summit of Renezvous Mountain, altitude 10450 feet. The grand Teton Peak looms in the background just to the left of the car.
A panoramic view of the Grand Tetons reflected in Jackson Lake taken from Signal Mountain in Grand Teton National Park.
Are you hot and dry? An ice-cold mountain stream flows from the snow-line in the Teton Mountain range June 5, 2006. Come and cool off!
