August 12, 2016

So the south entrance to Yellowstone is also the north entrance to the Grand Teton National Park.  They’re connected.  Just some good info if you want to only pay for one park but visit both.

I was definitely sick yesterday and the napping helped.  Still feeling low, but on the mend.  The scenery is too pretty to sleep on though.

These aren’t even the big ones.

There they are.  This is a beautiful morning drive.  Couldn’t ask for a better view.

We were hoping to snag breakfast somewhere but we were too early for the few places we found to stop at.  I am also on the hunt for coffee.  This is neat though – a little boat launch/dock.

High summer and there’s still snow on these mountains.

This is a gorgeous area.  I’m starting to wish we had spent more time here.

Goal hike one of these days.  Go see what that straight rock-line is up there.

The drive in.  Apparently you need to actually cross the lake to get over to the mountains themselves.  We’re not doing that today – unfortunately this is a drive by and see sort of visit.  Now that we know, we’re definitely planning on coming back here for adventures.

Love this.  They just left the rock there instead of moving it when they made the parking lot.

I’m envisioning a week with camping, kayaking, hiking, climbing, and all the other awesome outdoor-ing stuff we can do.

We stopped briefly for a check in at the visitor center but there wasn’t much to note there, at least not as far as we were concerned.  JA found coffee for me while I waited in the car.  We’ve got a long drive ahead, through the rest of Wyoming and a chunk of Utah, to get to Moab.

Wyoming hay field…I’ve never seen this many big bales in my life before.  Wyoming is freaking gorgeous, by the way.  I was driving so I didn’t take pictures (wanted to make sure I stayed awake to see things…I love roadtrips) but I made my passenger take a picture of this.

It was probably one of the most peaceful parts of the trip – hardly any traffic, winding country roads.  I was pretty content.  Eventually we reached a landmark JA recognized as getting close to Moab.

The day ended with us finding our sleeping area for the night – we rented a campsite in what I think was someone’s backyard.  They billed the place as a small campground and lived on site and a few other folks had tents set up as well.  The facilities were decent – we got a shower (which was desperately needed) and slept pretty hard until morning.

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