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Day 26-arriving in Yellowstone

Day 26–arrived at Yellowstone and Grand Tetons

Well, we woke up to a beautiful day in Utah. This is a travel day .....destination Yellowstone! I wasn’t expecting it to take so long. We probably drove for 8-9 hours. I have found out west, that even if you have to travel long distances the views are interesting and stunning. Sure better than I 81, I 40, and I 64. On this trip we have been in flat desert areas , valleys, and beautiful mountains. We were surprised today that on the way to Yellowstone we traveled through Utah, then Wyoming, Idaho, back through Utah, and finally Wyoming again. We weren’t expecting our route to take us through the Grand Teton National Park. The mountains were stunning with their snow caps. We even saw a few critters. We saw a bear in Grand Teton, deer, buffalo herd, and plenty of cows and horses. We also went through Jackson Hole. What a cute little ski town. I could go crazy shopping there. Sooo many cute shops. Tonight is our first try at dry camping. (no hook ups) it’s a beautiful campground and we’re close to the lake. We can only run the generator between 8am-8pm. We arrived in time to put the generator on for 45 minutes to turn on the heat. Just remembered, while going through the Tetons it started to rain. At that point it was about 60 degrees. When all of a sudden our rain was mixed with sleet. Mind you there are snow covered mountains all around, so we figured that when the rain hit that elevation, sleet formed. Unbelievable. We’re getting up early to go where there is wildlife . Hopefully we’ll see something.. Time for bed. Peace out.





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