Five minutes later, an elk crossed the road in front of us but wasn't close enough to get a good picture. Later in the drive, we came upon several deer grazing by the side of the road.
Pictures later in the summer will show these animals with their racks, i.e. horns, which have been shed earlier in the spring. The Boy Scouts in Jackson gather the elk horns from the National Elk Refuge just north of town and sell them as a fundraising project. This is your Wyoming wildlife fact of the day.
On the return drive back to the campground in the late afternoon we encountered bison again. It is a daily occurrence for us to see herds of bison somewhere during our drive to or from work. The orange pole in the first picture is at least 6 ft. tall and is used to show the snow plow drivers where the side of the road is during the winter months. The 2nd picture shows more clearly that this bison is shedding his winter coat.
According to the local Jackson paper, the south entrance to Yellowstone National Park, which is just north of Grand Teton National Park, opened on Friday. Looks like Saturday temps will be near 60 degrees.
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