The Grand Tetons...

A little catch-up back to our super fun drive out to Oregon.

The highlight of our trip (other than the 30 miles of "4x4 only" quality pass-way through major road construction on Wyoming Hwy. 287 that shook and vibrated the bikes on top of my car so much that a bolt came loose from my perfectly fitting roof rack causing us to immediately stop and search the gravel 30 ft. behind my car for thirty minutes only to find said bolt resting in the gutter between the hood and the windshield on my car, but I digress...) was the our day visit to Grand Teton National Park. Initially we were planning to go to Yellowstone, but the previously mentioned road construction and warnings of more construction on the road we have to take in and out of Yellowstone made our decision for us: we were spending the day in Teton and saving Yellowstone for another trip. This worked out because I happened to have my camera with me (shocker, I know) and I got to spend most of our day taking photographs of the most beautiful granite in North America I've seen (no I havn't yet been to Yosemite). Anyway here's the results:

We accidentally on purpose ran into the very new Visitors Center at Grand Teton.

Actually, we had seen the project published in Architectural Record and were very impressed and when we drove past it on the south end of the park were pleasantly reminded that it was here!

The last shot before another long day on the road.

All images Copyright 2009 Andrew Browning Photography