After Yellowstone we headed south to an adjoining Park, Grand Teton. No-one was amused, least of all me, to discover that the name 'Grand Teton' originates from the french for 'Big Titties' (possibly nipples, but lets go with a little artistic licence when being rude). Originally "Les Trois Tetons", named by a french fur trapper who was presumably rather starved of female company, and later modified. No-one was amused. Not at all. Not even a little tit... erm... bit. :-)
Grand Teton was mostly a 'drive through' rather than an explore, but seeing those mountains rise up out of the plains from nothing was quite impressive. No foot hills, just straight up. We did stop for a walk at Colter Bay and saw some squirrels, beaver lodges, some Grey Jays, and one of our group saw 2 moose, but I missed them :(
We stayed overnight in Jackson Hole, Wyoming where there were bears and elk antler arches.
Grand Teton - not dissimilar in name to the Paps of Jura. the Jura mountains are more like their descriptive name than the Tetons, from your pics anyway.
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