As you'll see from the pictures, I was greeted by a lovely rainbow as I stepped out of the room, to go find breakfast. Yes, it was raining lightly. After eating about 6 eggs (mostly the white, after popping out the yolk), and a few other miscellaneous things, (Honest, honey, I don't recall what else there was... :) ).
I loaded for bear, and donned my adventure pants and jacket (minus clammy feeling liner) but with the Frogg Toggs on top. After getting onto the park proper, it immediately stopped raining, and in fact didn't rain for the rest of the day. The Frogg Toggs came off. It was cool, but the relatively lower speed of driving around the park (not more than 45, and much less if some yahoo happened to spy an animal out the window of their car) made for warmer feeling riding.
I can see where our hard earned dollars are going, (or someone's grandkid's, at any rate). Exiting the park at the south end soon brought plenty of construction, gravel roads, potholes, mud, etc. I was beginning to worry I'd never make it out of there. Finally, the construction relented.
The road through the Grand Tetons was as impressive as I remembered. See my pictures for some idea.
The road from Jackson to Pinedale was amazing. The terrain on the surrounding hillsides varried from rugged mountains in the distance, to rolling closer hills, both with and without pine trees, etc. Of course there was a major river nearby for the first parts, and the second parts were more farmland.
I've got to hunt for some grub. The front desk clerk was rather curt, and I don't think I'd get a good recommendation for a restaurant from someone so surly.
~r
PS: If you're one of the "splitters," give me a call, I'd love to hear how yesterday went, and make sure you guys got in okay. It couldn't have been much messier than mine. (I HOPE!!) :)
Wow - I can't believe all the tourists looking at Old Faithful. What a crowd.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.