2020
- Breakfast at Persephone.
- Visit Teton Park visitor center, cool looking building.
- Drive to Mount Rushmore KOA.
- First two hours of drive really pretty!
- Tyler and Mazie met and hung out with Nola and Sebastian.
- Rented bikes from Dornan’s and rode to Jenny Lake.
- Took Jenny Lake Boat and hiked to Hidden Falls.
- Waited in long line for an hour after hike to get boat back and stood with a group of annoying people from California.
- Waded in Jenny Lake to cool down.
- Got Ice Cream treats at gift store.
- Rode bikes back to Dornan’s with a heavy headwind.
- Attempted to stop at visitors center but they were closed.
- Went to Snake River Brewing for dinner.
- Astronomy evening with Wyoming Stargazing. Saw: Jupiter and 3 moons, Saturn and rings, moon, Moon closer, Vega, Arcturus, Mixar and Alco(part of Big Dipper) all three are double stars, ring nebula, Alberio (double Star), Hercules globular cluster, ISS, Owl cluster
- Got up at 5a to do wildlife tour with Bush Buck
- Start at Teton village
- Moose Wilson road tons of Elk
- Loupin Meadow: Elk
- Signal Mountain: Black Bear
- Signal mt lodge coffee stop
- oxbow bend Mt Moraine: Great Blue Heron with a chick
- black tail ponds: mountain climbers
- Moose Wilson road: Moose
- Met Kendra, David, Dawson for a walk. They brought pastries and beverages from Persephone. Walked the Snake River.
- Had snack in RV.
- drove to Downtown Jackson to explore stores and got Ice Cream at Jackson Drug and Chocolate at Cocolove.
- returned to campsite to maintain RV and get ready for rafting
- Whitewater rafting with Dave Hansen down the Snake River.
- got pizza and Handfire Pizza. It was delicious.
Enjoyed a beautiful drive through the Shoshone National Forest today on our way from Jackson, WY to Mt. Rushmore in SD.
Yellowstone Log: Day 11, Tuesday
Weather: Rain! Cool! Rain stopped after first hour or so and then pleasant driving weather
We had delicious takeout burgers from Grazer’s in Newcastle, WY just before entering South Dakota!
Going to be covering over 470 miles today. Leaving Jackson, WY and checking in at Mt. Rushmore KOA tonight. We loved our time in the Tetons! 🛣
It was cloudy tonight but Wyoming Stargazing still got us out to see some cool stuff. Here is the moon tonight from Jackson, WY.
Yellowstone Log: Day 10, Monday
Weather: Clear and Sunny, Warm. Cloudy into the evening.
Hidden Falls by Jenny Lake in Grand Tetons National Park. This may be my favorite waterfall ever.
Grand Tetons. Mt. Moran from Oxbow Bend.
Yellowstone Log: Day 9, Sunday
Weather: cool in morning. Warm and pleasant rest of day.
Afternoon ice cream from Jackson Drug in Jackson, WY.
