Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks!

After an 8 hour drive from Eagle, Idaho we arrived at the East entrance of Yellowstone National Park. We still had a 2 hour drive to our camp site within the park. We stopped at “Old Faithful” along the way. The Lord was good! We found our way to the RV park 5 minutes before the office was closed and were able to have the staff show us where our site was and the best way to approach it. This was a blessing because it is pitch-black at Yellowstone at night! The camp ground was full and the sites were pretty tightly packed together. We were happy to be settled in!

The next day dawned spectacular and sunny after a very chilly 35 degree night! We were feeling the effects of the almost 8,000’ elevation too! We decided to take a pretty hike that looped around to Yellowstone Lake and back again. In the beginning of the hike, we were able to see a herd of buffalo not too far from the trail along the banks of a small pond. However, we later found out that they had crossed over both trail heads leading in and out and we were forced to forge a new trail of our own in order to make it out!

Our second day, another gorgeous day, we drove out the South entrance into Grand Teton National Park and spent the day there! We ended up at the Jackson Lake Lodge and relaxed and enjoyed the beauty of that magnificent view! We were fortunate enough to secure the last seats of a River raft tour that left later that afternoon. We enjoyed floating along the Snake River seeing Bald Eagles, beavers and more! Again, we arrived back late and in the pitch dark to our camp site, happy not to have encountered any bears! (Jennifer’s paranoia!)

A boiling pot at Yellowstone, near "Old Faithful"

See those buffalo in the backround?

They crossed over the trail later on and

we had to forge a new trail out of there!

The majestic Grand Tetons!

A river raft tour along the Snake River at Grand Teton Nat'l Park

What a beautiful sunset!