Jackson Hole - Mile 2982 - Route 89 Mile 587

Good Morning - We are in a very nice motel; Best Western Jackson Hole. You might ask why? Especially when we are pretty much Super 8 travelers; reasonable, clean, has a continental breakfast and internet. Now the rest of the story . . . We left Great Falls yesterday morning on Route 89. Our plan was to go to Yellowstone and hopefully find a place to stay in the park. When we checked it turns out the entire park (hotels/motels) is booked for the rest of the year. So if you plan to go to this park and if you plan to stay at a motel/hotel, you should plan a year ahead. Since Yellowstone is just north of the Tetons, we decided to go to the Tetons and look for a place to stay and after checking some places (like Supet 8) which were already booked, we found this place. I know, it was a little pricey but it has a fireplace, sitting area, kitchenette area, king sized bed and a jacuzzi . . . oh and it also has a great breakfast and free internet.

We are realizing that even though we have month for this trip, you could easily spend a week or so just at one of our national parks. The pictures we have taken can't begin to do justice to the beauty of these areas.



We are posting this picture because so much of yesterday's trip was along rivers; Columbia, Yellowstone, Gibbon, Firehole, Lewis, and Snake. There were many folks enjoying them from fly fisherman to kayakers to inflatable rafts.


Old Faithful - Mile 2870 - Route 89 Mile 488

Route 89 enters Yellowstone National Park at the North entrance. Old Faithful is about 50 miles into the park. There wasn't a huge amount of traffic but it still took us about 1 1/2 hours to get there. Parking was easy and we located Old Faithful. This picture shows a perimeter boardwalk where folks can sit and wait. The most common comment was, " When is the next eruption?" We waited about an hour. It finally happened

Old Faithful

So here it is! Really pretty remarkable and although this the best known geyser, there are many other smaller geysers and hot springs and sulpher laden steam vents all over the place.







The Tetons

We left Old Faithful and drove about 40 miles south to get out of the park. This route took us directly into Teton National Park. You enter a very long and beautiful valley. This picture is as we drove entered the valley. This is Jackson Lake with the Tetons in the background. So many awesome sites

The Grand Teton

Not a spectacular picture but clearly a spectacular mountain. The Grand Teton has an elevation of 13,770 feet

This is the lodge where we stayed last night. Lots of carved animals; bears, raccoons, etc.

We plan to have a relaxing Sunday. We are plotting the rest of our trip. We know later this week we plan to visit Lon and Mary Jo in Las Vegas and Chuck and Marie in Lake Havasu.

Hope you are all doing well,

The travelers