So Just HOW "Lonely" Were They...

... for those French trappers, the Europeans who named the Grand Tetons, to see the soft curves of a woman in these craggy peaks?

In any event, looking upon these peaks was breathtaking then, and still is now.  It takes a lot for me to get up before 8:00, but I have been out at dawn several times now.

Early morning, the mist rises off the Snake River as the sun paints the foliage.

Early morning and late afternoon are when the animals are most viewable.  Just after sunrise, I saw a bull elk from less than 50 feet.

This bison stood at the edge of the herd, warming in the afternoon sun.

What I will take away from here in a few days, however, is the memory of these magnificent dawns painting the eastern face of the Teton Range.