Yellowstone Log: Day 10, Monday
Weather: Clear and Sunny, Warm. Cloudy into the evening.
- 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
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.
- 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.
Afternoon ice cream from Jackson Drug in Jackson, WY.
Facial recognition doesn’t stand a chance with my pandemic vacation wear.
Bison in Yellowstone.
Tyler got the Collectors Edition Yellowstone Monopoly while in Yellowstone, and then played it a bit in the RV while driving in Yellowstone! Very meta!
We had a nice (socially distanced) walk along the Snake River / Emily Stevens Park in Jackson, WY with Kendra Gapinski and family! #TeamSPS
We played the Camp board game last night for the first time. Fun RV game. Good game that can be played with multiple ages at the same time. Tammy won!
