Antlers 'r' Us

Jackson Hole, WY
Canon PowerShot SD770 IS

The first time I saw these arches--there are four of them in the town square--I was horrified.  They seemed like blood arches.  I didn't realize that the Rocky Mountain Elk of this region shed their antlers after the rut.  Boy scouts go out into the fields near Jackson Hole every year and collect the antlers for donations.  See?  It's clean, wholesome fun.

Yeah, it's still a little creepy, right?

Jackson Hole is like a slightly less cynical Cowboy version of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf.  Swap out sea lions for elk and Alcatraz for the Grand Teton range and you've got a pretty close match.  The coffee is better in San Francisco but the breakfasts are better in Jackson Hole.  San Francisco doesn't have a bar with saddles for stools but it has Ghiradelhi hot fudge sundaes, crab legs
and sourdough clam chowder, so that's pretty much a wash.