Here are some pictures from Jackson. The highlight of our trip was going to the National Elk Reserve. This year 5500 Elk migrated to this reserve for the winter. They are not contained at all and are free to come and go. A lot of people think that them being here is not their real habitat. But it is!! We saw about 3 thousand elk within half a mile. They were everywhere! They also get a ton other kinds of animals. lots of buffalo, wolves, a few bears. Last year he said they had a mountain lion on the reserve. The reserve is 2500 acres. It was huge. You can take a road right through the middle of it. We drove it this morning and saw a lot of goats. We were hoping to see the mountain sheep though! It was such a fun trip and I want to go back tomorrow!
These are the horses from our sleigh ride to the elk!
I want this chandelier in my house.
This is our room!
This is a picture of another sleigh so you can see what we rode on. We were about 20 feet from the elk.
At the Yippie-I-Oh Candy Co. I bought 5 pounds of candy and then left it in the hotel. I cried.
This guy had a little run in and his antler is now growing out the front of his head. ouch!
this guy lost one of his antlers that morning. The guide said this was the longest he had seen an elk keep his other one on for. He said they normally fall off within an hour of eachother. at this point it had been almost 8 hours.
yes, really!
Jeff decided to come out of hibernation while we were there.
This is us by the famous arches!
It looks like you guys had so much fun and were able to enjoy a little time away from Rexburg. I think you went to some places that we haven't ever been before. You will have to tell me about where you went. Glad you had fun.
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