Colter’s Run and other Tall Tales
Barker-Ewing boatmen are world-class storytellers. Whether we’re driving you up to the launch site in our shiny new vans or guiding you down the Snake River right through the heart of Grand Teton National Park, we’re never at a loss for words. Geology, natural history, wildlife, western lore and regional politics – we’re experts on…
Read MoreMoose in Grand Teton National Park
We are privileged to live in Jackson Hole with Grand Teton National Park on our doorstep, and we do our best to be thoughtful stewards of our surroundings. But I admit that in my youth I have walked too close to a moose, approached a bear for a photo op, and skied close enough to…
Read MoreBirds of Jackson Hole
A respectful “hats off” to the multitude of birds and animals that stick it out in frigid Jackson Hole for our long, long winters. And some of Grand Teton National Park’s heartiest winter residents are also the cutest. The chickadee has stick-to-it-iveness and cuteness in spades! Here in Jackson Hole we have two varieties of…
Read MoreSurviving the Jackson Hole Winter
While we’re snug in our home in Grand Teton National Park, bundled under blankets and cozying up to the fire, the valley’s abundant wildlife is using other strategies for surviving the Jackson Hole winter. Some pack up and leave for warmer climes, some grow nice long fur coats and seek shelter from the wind, some puff…
Read MoreWildlife Photo Contest Winner
A big THANK YOU to all who took the time to enter our inaugural photo contest. We hope you had as much fun looking at your photos as we did and that it brought back many happy memories of your float trip with us this summer. We sent them off to our celebrity judge, world-renowned…
Read MoreBoogie woogie bugle boys – aka the elk are about to start bugling.
Have you ever heard an elk bugle? It’s an amazing, haunting, primal sound that a bull elk makes when in rut. (Rut is the mating season and when the mature bulls compete for the attentions of the cow elk and will try to defend females in their harem. Rival bulls challenge their opponents by bellowing…
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