The water on Jackson Lake was extremely calm in the early morning. The boat was a 45 passenger cruise boat although it doesn't look that big below on the left. The small boat on the right is the boat used to bring the cooks and food from the mainland to Elk Island, which is in the middle of Jackson Lake and our breakfast destination.
The temperature was in the upper 30's while we enjoyed a breakfast of scrambled eggs, sausage links, home fries, fried lake trout, pancakes and fruit. The folks in the left rear of the photo are huddled around a campfire while waiting their turn in the buffet line. While eating, a deer wandered less than 50 yards from where we were sitting. Upon arriving on Elk Island, we were told that there is wildlife and not to wander away from the eating area unless we walked in pairs.
After breakfast we climbed to the top of Elk Island and were treated to these views of Mt. Moran, even though the top of the mountain is covered by a cloud. The two cruise boats are visible in the lower right hand portion of the picture below.
Here is captain Jim as he gave the Coast Guard required pre-trip briefing to those of us on the "fun boat". Jim mixes humor with the serious information during his talks to the passengers about the history and geology of the park.
July brought a lot of white stuff falling from the sky. The white stuff is not snow but small pieces of "cotton" from the many cottonwood trees in our campground. The wind blew the cotton along the side of the road, where it stuck like a quick snowfall.
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