September 13, 2010
Idaho / Washington
September 12, 2010
Glacier NP - going west
September 11, 2010
Glacier NP - going east
September 10, 2010
Montana
September 9, 2010
Yellowstone National Park
September 8, 2010
Grand Tetons National Park
The next morning the weather looked changeable, as predicted,
and we took the back road over the mountains and down to Jackson. Near the summit we ran into snow and clouds but by the time we dropped down to Jackson the weather seemed to be clearing. Jackson was teeming with people and we visited the visitors center there before driving on into the park. All day we were
teased by the clouds that sometimes lifted enough to let us see some of the mountains. We enjoyed time along Jenny Lake and saw several buffalo. By evening we decided it was decent enough to spend the night in the campground. It was a bit cool but we enjoyed walking along the lake after dinner. On the way ba
ck to our campground we saw a traffic jam and thought it may have been the result of an accident. We walked up to learn that a mama bear and her cub were near the road and many were stopped to get a view. They were too far into the trees to get a g
ood picture but we did enjoy seeing them. It was only a few hundred yards back to our camp and we were glad to be sleeping in the van. The campfire warmed us up before we retired for the night. We were glad that we had brought extra blankets as it got rather cold during the night and we had frost on the car the next morning. Since the campgr
ound was in the shade we decided to pack up and head into the sun for breakfast where we were treated to clear blue skies just as the weatherman had predicted. We continued to explore the Grand Tetons all day, enjoying the mountains against a cloudless sky. Toward the end of the day we drove north toward Yellowstone National Park. Along the way we were treated to rushing rivers
as we gained altitude. We quickly secured a site and set up camp. At nearly 8,000 feet we knew it would be a cool night. After camp was set up, we went to see Old Faithful and the mud pots and geysers not far from Old Faithful. We had dinner at a picnic area near the mud pots and decided to spend some time at the beautiful Yellowstone Lodge before returning to our campground that evening. It was cold that night but we slept warm and snug in the van.
September 7, 2010
Oregon, Idaho - Sawtooth
For our fall trip we decided to look for fall colors in the Tetons, and
Yellowstone National Parks. We departed after Labor Day weekend to avoid the rush of people enjoying the last long weekend before school started. We traveled down Interstate 5 to Salem and then turned east so that we could stop in Bend to have lunch and visit with Jane Black. We are not sure why we forgot to snap a picture. After a fun visit and nice lunch with Jane, we headed on east on the less traveled roads through John Day and made it to Ontario, Oregon on the Oregon border.
The weather was iffy but we avoided rain most of the day. We found a nice motel with a senior discount and internet for the night. The next morning we crossed the border into Idaho headed for the roads less traveled into the Sawtooth Mountains. As we left the desert along the Snake river we observed this reservoir with a
fountain. Our travels took us on many curvy roads through Stanley, Ketchum and Shoshone before rejoining the freeway near Twin Falls. As we traveled further east toward Pocatello we had an outstanding sunset in our rear view mirror. The camera just cannot capture the colors, but we tried. The next morning we traveled further east towards the Rocky Mountains and stopped at a wonderful museum at Montpelier, Idaho. While we were there, it rained very hard and we wondered what we were in for. As we drove north from Montpelier toward the Tetons the weather was very changeable and we experienced rain,
snow, hail and wind. We found a nice motel for the night just south of Jackson. The weatherman predicted one more day of questionable weather and then a return to dry and warm days.. We sure hoped he was right as we heard the wind and rain outside.
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