Grand Teton

So last Thursday a week ago we moved on further north to slowly make our way to Yellowstone National Park. We wanted to stay a little bit north of Idaho Falls, but just could not find a campground that I found suitable for us. So Doug found a campground on the map in Tetonia and off we went at 5 pm Thursday afternoon. It is really in the middle of nowhere, but how beautiful the middle of nowhere can be. We kept getting closer and closer to these beautiful mountains and luckily the campground turned out to be pretty nice.

The laundromat with nice big front loaders was right across from our campsite and a nice grocery store only seven miles away in the next town. Friday was spent doing laundry and shopping and cleaning. Not my favorite things to do, but nothing you can do about it. Saturday we decided to go to Jackson. The drive over the Grand Tetons was nice, but I'm glad we did not have the rig, since there was a 10% downhill grade into Jackson. We should have known better then to go into Jackson on a Saturday. It is the beginning of the summer season and the town was an absolute zoo with traffic jam, etc.


We had lunch in Jackson and went on to the Grand Tetons. We thought they looked pretty cool from the west side, but they were breathtaking from the east side.

As we kept driving north most people turned around after the first 10 miles, which was okay with me. We had a leisurely drive up Route 191 to Jackson Lake Junction.


If you go to the Grand Tetons, I highly recommend taking 390 back down to Jackson. You can't get much closer to the mountains with a car.

The road to Teton Village was a little bit rough, but well worth it. The gondola ride was pretty cool also, but strangely enough it was not as cold up there in the snow then I had expected. It is amazing how strong the sun is up here.