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Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international mushroom consultants. MEMOIRS about husband Pieter Vedder, who was a SCIENTIFIC PIONEER in Mushroom Cultivation Education. His practical handbook is in 9 languages and is called the MUSHROOM BIBLE: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html
Showing posts with label Log Cabin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Log Cabin. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Biking around Jenny Lake and Dining at Jenny Lake Lodge Dining Room

 A real vacation day for both of us!
We had a delicious breakfast at Jenny Lake Lodge Dining Room, forgot to make any photos.
Photo is taken after breakfast, right outside of the Jenny Lake Lodge Dining Room
The Grand Tetons are the youngest mountain ranges in the Rocky Mountain chain!
The Grand Teton National Park got established 2 months before my Pieter got born...
Both are treasures!
Grand Tetons 13,770 ft or 4,197 m.
And LOOK at the weather we were enjoying... 😏
Even though you see that nights are cool up in the mountains!
Only 7°C or 44°F and when we both walked over to the Dining Room it was 16°C or 61°F
It would be 28°C or 82°F today!
From the dining room in the main cabin at Jenny Lake Lodge we walked back to our log cabin and enjoyed these purple lupine wildflowers.
And more lovely wildflowers; don't know what these are called... If anyone knows; please leave a comment—thanks in advance!
We went to the next town, in Moose, WY for gassing up at Phillips 66 our car for tomorrow's drive.
Only a 20 minute drive or 12.7 miles, 20.5 km.
Did stop at this pullout, for reading the board's info and for capturing the above video.
The Cathedral Group as it is called.
Also we had to move out from our Alpine Aster Freestanding Cabin into the Sunflower Parlor Suite Cabin, as there were no 2 consecutive nights in either one of them...
Still feel lucky for having managed to book this, as they accept reservations one year ahead of time!
That means that most cabins are booked very early on.
They have horses and bikes... See bottom: to stables and where the x is placed, the bikes are.
Around 13:30 in our new Parlor Suite Cabin.
All luxuries were there, including a mini fridge.
These log cabins are very rustic looking and have wooden floors as well.
It was fun for seeing our car parked right behind the headboard of our King–size bed...
Those quilts are handmade and their down pillows, down duvet and soft all cotton bed linens are superb.
We could have 'vacationed' there for a week or more—BUT time was another issue, with our kitties wanting us home.
Pieter did test the bed right away and had a very good nap–time!
Jenny Lake Lodge ←click for short 2 minute video
Jenny Lake Lodge, located at the foot of the Tetons. What looks like a big collection of Old West cabins on the outside is a AAA four–diamond resort on the inside, offering full gourmet breakfasts, nightly five–course meals... 
As published in USA Today Best hidden gem travel destinations in every state ←click for link and scroll down to 'W' from Wyoming.
Around 15:50 we had found us some bikes for biking together.
No electra bikes and just simple one speed bikes with back–pedal brakes... 
Sure had to get used to that first!
Our surroundings looked like a DREAM
Around 16:10 at Jenny Lake
Jenny was the Shoshone Indian wife of Richard "Beaver Dick" Leigh, a trapper who served as guide for the 1872 Hayden Expedition (the geological survey).
Biker Pieter J.C. Vedder posing in front of Jenny Lake
The wife of Pieter J.C. Vedder overlooking Jenny Lake...
We biked until we reached the Teton Park Road and then turned back onto Jenny Lake Road.
What a majestic view (NOT me...😉).
WISH we could have rolled around here more extensive and on our own electra bikes!
Spotted some ripe huckleberries...
Snapdragon
The different log cabins with their names for finding the way home...
SUNFLOWER is ours.
Sunflower and our Infiniti QX50 is parked right behind our bedroom.
Our freestanding Parlor Suite Cabin.
Left window is one of three windows in our bedroom and to the right is the living room with also three windows on each side.
Ro the right of the entrance door is again a sign with Sunflower on.
Jenny Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park ←short 3 minute video showing the Sunflower Parlor Suite Cabin from the inside...
Our 8.60 km or 5.3 mi bike ride alongside Jenny Lake in Wyoming
We biked at an elevation of over 2,000 m or 6,562 ft!
Look at the surrounding mountains' elevation...
It was a heavenly ride; not for the bikes but the VIEW!
We again had our confirmed reservation for our final five course dinner at Jenny Lake Lodge Dining Room
We had a refreshing shower, using their luxury amenities and changed, also wearing a vest as it cools down rapidly after dark!
Appetizers and Soups
Pieter enjoying a local beer!
My choice of appetizer was Grilled Pacific Oyster
Willapa Bay oyster, raifort, mignonette, lemon
Well, I REFUSED to capture Pieter's choice.
How DARE he order Pan Seared Foie Gras?
And THAT while we have our own Kwekkie, a white duck that adopted Pieter while I was in The Netherlands... 
We both enjoyed a delicious 
Roasted Red Pepper Bisque
Crème Fraîche, spicy Local Micro Green
Both of us again opted for the delicious Jenny Lake Signature Salad
For me Seared Skuna Bay Salmon
Sous Vide dill salmon, beluga lentils, lemon chardonnay cream
Pieter had Jidori Chicken Marsala 
Oyster Mushrooms, Marsala wine, arborio rice, asparagus
Dessert Menu
Pieter opted for Huckleberry Ice Cream and received a double portion of it 😊
And for me the Seasonal Berry Pavlova
Toasted merinque, crème Anglaise
View of the dining room and two of Jenny Lake Lodge Dining Room's courteous and efficient waiters!
Lots of kudos to a great Dining Room team; in and outside the kitchen.
A pleasure to dine that way.
Happy and my ONLY RELAXED day came to an end...
But IN STYLE!
Both of us do highly recommend Jenny Lake Lodge and Jenny Lake Lodge Dining Room
Chef Jedediah Dzimiera deserved once more kudos for all 5 courses, including his Pastry Chef.
We happily walked back to our luxurious log cabin for a good night sleep.

Stay tuned for our next journey...

Enjoy this 1 minute Relive video:

Sunday, August 7, 2022

Scenic Route to Jenny Lake Lodge in Grand Tetons Wyoming

From Custer, South Dakota we went now to our most west destination to Jenny Lake Lodge
AND we had dinner reservations for 20:30 at this very Jenny Lake Lodge Dining Room...
TRYING HARD to share with our readers what our eyes experienced this day!
Being the sole driver, I just absorbed and my 93+ passenger Pieter is no longer capable of capturing all this...
This would be my 2nd longest distance drive of the entire trip. 
You BET that we enjoyed our 5–course DELICIOUS DINNER at the end of this day!!! *****
Around 9:43 we made this pit stop at Powder River Rest Area, Buffalo, Wyoming
We had been traveling fast on Interstate 90 with a maximum allowed speed of 80 miles.
Powder River is winding its way through the mountains.
Cloud Peak to the left of Buffalo at 13,173 ft or 4,015 m in Big Horn National Park.
We came all the way from Custer State Park driving west...
Cloud Peak Skyway Scenic HWY 16 Wyoming ←great video showing our 1st stretch from Buffalo to  Powder River Pass at 9,666 feet or 2,945 m (as visible in the end on our Relive video). 
Both, Pieter and I were in awe about the enormous lengths of these wooden Buck and Rail Fences.
Especially on the stretch from Buffalo on the Big Horn Mountains Cloud Peak Skyway Scenic Highway 16 Wyoming, as you can clearly see at 4:33 min in above video link.
At 19:15 min in above video link, you see the tall snow fences at Big Horn Powder River Pass, also visible from drone images at 20:03 min.
Buck and Rail Fence ←click link
Detail Buck and Rail Fence ←click link
Very impressive was the view on the Big Horn Powder River Pass.
 Similar to this image from snow fences, Wilcox, Wyoming ←click link
Snow fence ←click link 
In Wyoming, they build permanent snow fences to prevent snow from drifting on critical highway and railroad corridors. This fence is 14 feet or 4.27 m high, and runs almost continuously for miles.
We so enjoyed these very high plains, second only to the State of Colorado.
The lowest point in Wyoming is still loftier than that of the highest point in 17 USA states...
Two days later, I did drive out of the Cowboy State Wyoming, via the Interstate 80, shown above, where you see the impact of adding such tall 14 feet (4.27 m) snow fences (seen to the right).
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Scenic Byway US HWY 16 Ten Sleep Wyoming ←great video showing our 2nd stretch from Powder River Pass to Ten Sleep
Ten Sleep Canyon along the Cloud Peak Skyway Scenic Byway around 11:20 my short video overview
Pieter taking in the canyon view.
To Pieter's left is an Asclepias speciosa (Showy Milkweed) with soft, velvety leaves...
Beautiful wildlife!
Again, what a beautiful day we had for this most scenic drive!
By 11:38 we made a pit stop for getting gas at Conoco in Ten Sleep.
Loved the sign of the Pony Express Convenience Store!
The Pony Express has become synonymous with the Old West.
There still remains a National Pony Express Association ←click link
Wyoming the Cowboy State indeed is full of surprises...
Conoco in Ten Sleep, Wyoming
From Ten Sleep, we ended up on US 20, via Worland, Lucerne and Thermopolis to Shoshoni onto US 26.
From Shoshoni we went onto the Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway
Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway Shoshoni | Rockies to Tetons ←click link
The canyons rock walls rise 2,500 feet or 762 meter on both sides...
Wind River Canyon - Thermopolis Wyoming ←great video showing our 3rd stretch from Worland on US 16 onto US 20 near Bighorn River to Thermopolis and on to Shoshoni to US 26 Wind River
We both are very happy with this footage of our exact same memorable scenic route!
Thermopolis is the world's largest mineral hot springs!
At 14:57 we passed these red rocks, so similar to the ones from Arizona.
Ever changing nature, this was before Dubois.
Around 16:47 we enter Yellowstone.
Pieter has a lifetime Pass for National Parks, so we got through fast.
The planning was, that we would view Old Faithful and the Grand Prismatic Spring Overlook, before checking in at Jenny Lake Lodge.
That way, I would not have to drive next day but could RELAX!
Yellowstone Flood June 13, 2022 ←click link for video
BUT the website from Yellowstone National Park did not say anything about the very bad road conditions at their south entrance. The pavement ended for stretches and other areas we had to stop as the oncoming traffic had yield for passing on our lane...
Very slow we went with 25 miles per hour and less, those 78 miles to the north!
The north and east entrances were still closed due to the huge June flooding with lots of damage.
So that made the south entrance very congested.
After using the bathroom at the Old Faithful Lodge, we both walked up to geyser Old Faithful...
This was at 18:06
Half a minute later, there already was a lot more activity.
But both of us have seen this daily, on our way to work high on the Dieng Plateau in Java, Indonesia.
From Old Faithful it would only be 13 minutes till Grand Prismatic Spring Overlook...
But with the lack of good signs, for finding our way easily, and the very congested area, we did not want to risk coming too late for our confirmed 5-course dinner at Jenny Lake Lodge Dining Room.
After checking in to our Aster Cabin at Jenny Lake Lodge, we walked the trail to Jenny Lake Lodge Dining Room and made it in time!
The hostess placed us right here, with the best view of the Grand Tetons
Jenny Lake Lodge Dining Room Housed inside a 1930's–era log cabin nestled in the woods at the base of the Teton Range... 
Appetizers
Soups
My Salmon Confit
Pieter had Beet Root Hummus and a piece of my Salmon...
For Soup we opted both for Chef's du Jour 
Chef Jedediah Dzimiera deserved kudos for all 5 courses!
And also the excellent, highly attentive and courteous serving staff.
What a joy to dine like that...
Salads
Entrees
We both opted for the Jenny Lake Signature Salad
For Entree we both opted for Dover Sole
White wine cream, lemon orzo, garlic asparagus
Dessert Menu
Pieter opted for Pastry Chef's banana bread pudding with huckleberry sauce and it was yummy!
My Vanilla Panna Cotta 
Huckleberry gelee, local honey comb
What a royal ending for a long day with so many impressions about Wyoming!
Quite some climbing done towards this very rugged area.
The Grand Tetons are visible below in image!
A total of 7,988 m of climbing or 26,207 ft climbing for that day!
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Stay tuned for more...

Enjoy this 2 minute Relive video:

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