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!
Yellowstone Log: Day 8, Saturday
Weather: great, clear, mid-70s
- Left West Yellowstone KOA.
- Returned rental car.
- Stopped at Lewis Falls.
- Lunch in RV at Jackson Lake overlook in Grand Tetons.
- Stopped and took photos.
- Missed turn to go down Teton Road and accidentally left the park. Decided to back track 20 miles back into Grand Tetons and go down beautiful Teton Road.
- Arrived at Jackson. Very busy. Got groceries. Got okay dinner at Miazgas.
- Went to Snake River KOA. Terrible road construction on the way. Can only go 25 mph. Spot 57 at Snake River KOA is tight and hard to get into. Not our favorite KOA.
- Early to bed for early wake up!
Yellowstone Log: Day 7, Friday
Weather: mid 70s. Nice.
- breakfast in RV
- Gibbon Falls
- North Rim of Grand Canyon of Yellowstone River
- waypoint
- Inspiration point
- South Rim
- first overlook spot
- Hayden Valley
- Yellowstone Lake
- Ice cream at Yellowstone Lake General Store
- Tyler got a shirt
- Driver back through Hayden Valley
- Blocked by Bison walking on road
- South Rim, artist point
- Canyon Store shopping trip
- Ate dinner in RV
- Internet in car!
The KOA that we are at has no WiFi and no cellular signal. We’ve been offline for 3 days except for an occasional stop in some town. Tonight we all got in the rental car and drove into West Yellowstone to get LTE signal! 📱