Melania Trump kicked
off a two-day trip to Wyoming with an outdoors adventure, spending her
Thursday afternoon rafting down Snake River with a group of fourth
graders.
She first met with a group of Boy Scouts before hoping on board the raft for a tour of the great outdoors.
The
first lady, 49, cut a casual figure in black jeans, a turtleneck
sweater and a puffer jacket as she arrived in the town of Jackson, where
she spent 20 minutes greeting the uniformed scouts and posing for
pictures.
Hundreds of people turned out to greet Melania, and were pictured lining the sidewalks around the square as they welcomed Donald Trump's wife to their town.
Melania beamed as she waved to the waiting crowds, before heading off to join a
group of ten fourth graders from the Teton County School District on a
rafting trip down the Snake River, with the Teton Range serving as a
beautiful backdrop.
Upon her arrival in Jackson, the first lady was greeted by Mindy Kin-Miller, Jackson’s first female scoutmaster.
She
then posed with the scouts beneath the town's elk arch, as chants of
'USA' were yelled in the background. Since the 1950s, antlers are
collected from the Elk Refuge by local Boy Scouts and auctioned off to
raise money.
Melania appeared to
enjoy the rafting trip, and was seen chatting with the Boy Scouts, and
pointing out different aspects of the scenery around her, clearly
relishing being in such beautiful natural surroundings.
Her raft passed by a bald eagle roosting in a tree alongside the riverbank, according to her staff.
She even took out her phone at one point to snap some pictures.
The
first lady was also seen holding a travel coffee mug during the trip -
perhaps in order to help her stay warm in the chilly Wyoming weather,
which saw temperatures hovering around 40 Fahrenheit.
However,
the frosty temperatures didn't appear to stop Melania from enjoying
every aspect of the trip, and she couldn't seem to remove the smile from
her face while helping to promote her Be Best program.
The
White House says the first lady's Wyoming trip is focused spreading the
child well-being message that is a big component of the year-old
initiative.
On Friday, she is scheduled to visit Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks.
Melania's
Be Best program - with its three pillars of the well-being of children,
online safety, and combating opioid abuse - as the first lady continues
her work on those issues.
Be Best was
founded in May 2017 - a name personally chosen by the first lady and
has been the focus of her work in her two years in the White House.
She
has visited hospital programs that help babies with Neonatal Abstinence
Syndrome, she's visited school programs that focus on kindness; and
she's worked with companies like Microsoft on online safety issues.
President Donald Trump said her work on addiction issues was inspired, in part, by their 13-year-old son Barron.
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