Crack of before dawn rise for the boys. Foggy and rainy and not looking too promising for the trip through Yellowstone. First stop was at Gardiner to get fuel ($3.59 a gallon – have been paying $2.69-$2.79). Then to the North Entrance to Yellowstone where a not so friendly Park Ranger checked my America the Beautiful Pass and said, “Due to the government shutdown I’m unable to scan your pass but in any case you needed to present it with a current i.d.” (Gee, thanks) Oh well, no doubt he’ll get his back pay and probably didn’t have anything better to do today anyway…
Onward to the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone (picture above). Magnificent, even in the rain. Along the way we encountered a traffic jam caused by a herd of buffalo taking their sweet time crossing the highway in front of us! I know I keep saying this over and over again, but words can’t describe the beauty!
From the Canyon we drove to Old Faithful. Unfortunately, the timing of the next eruption was over an hour away and our itinerary wouldn’t permit us to hang around for it. But we were able to catch the scene, taking photographs of each other without any people in the background! That’s how much we had the Park to ourselves.
On the way back to the RV we noticed a bunch of people standing in front of it looking at what we thought was Hudson in the Driver’s Seat. Rather, they were looking at three huge crows that were sitting on top of the RV and picking the rubber seals out from the driving lights on the roof! (Don’t ask me why….)
From Old Faithful we made out way south to Grand Teton National Park. The majestic mountains to our west were covered with clouds for the most part, but still beautiful nonetheless.
We of course had to stop and take the obligatory photograph of the famous Moulton Barn on Mormon Row just north of Jackson. You can just see the Tetons in the background.
Then into Jackson where we also took the obligatory photos of the antler arches on the Town Square and in my case, stopped in to Teton Mountaineering for a new hat (my old one from years ago is starting to get a bit ratty!)
After a heart stopping bbq at a local restaurant in town where we were able to have Hudson join us, we drove another hour south to our KOA campground in Etna. It’s only a few months old – was nice to have everything new like the showers, laundry, toilets…
Tomorrow we push on to Provo, Utah.
