Grand Tetons

Day 53 – Leaving Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons

Well, I bid my elk a fond goodbye after they again woke me up. The night before we had stayed up quite late as there was actually someone else from NY in the campsite across from us – two teenage boys and their parents from around Ithaca. The boys came over and chatted until after 11. They were very interesting and had done all sorts of hiking in the park.

The drive through the Grand Tetons was gorgeous – I think prettier than Glacier as there is a lake with wonderful snow capped mountains in the background. It is just a much smaller area than Glacier and doesn’t seem to be as accessible to hiking although there were definitely a lot of water activities in the numerous lakes. We stopped again for a picnic brunch this time as we hadn’t had breakfast before we left. Lots of people came over to talk to us as we were making pancakes and sausage!! Caused quite a stir at this picnic area. Now our view for this lunch was snow capped mountains in the background while we sat overlooking this lovely lake – of course another nice day!


It still seems that the views from the car every day are totally different. I just decide that there can be no other version of a canyon or mountains and then the next day I am proven wrong. We got to see the area called Jackson Hole where Lisa had gone skiing one winter – in fact we drove right through it. It is the area around the town of Jackson which is a lovely valley with the Tetons in the background.

We stopped at a hotel for the night and caught up on a little email although the connection was very bad so we only did necessary stuff. We are heading for Warren’s cousin’s tomorrow. The weather for the next couple of days is supposed to be very hot!!

Currently the plan is to head out to the Badlands on Sunday.