We needed to go back through Yellowstone, so the boys decided what Mom should see. We did a digested version of the boys' Yellowstone week in a day. We tried to get into the Grand Geyser but were too late in
coming, so instead we headed up to Hayden Valley to see where all of
the wildlife sightings took place. We had a picnic, then went down
to Bridge Bay to show Mom the campsite #154. Next we took her to the
marina and the little shop to get huckleberry ice cream sandwiches.
Yum. We drove around past the Old Faithful area and went up to
see the Fire Hole River and falls, very pretty. We saw bison and an
elk on the drive. Then we doubled back to Grant Village and showed
Mom our campsite, and had some huckleberry ice cream cones. We also
bought Yellowstone stickers to put on the car.
Then we headed south to Grant Teton
National Park, and went in to the cabin area at Colter Bay. We have a
cute little 2-room cabin, 4 double beds so everyone gets to stretch
out tonight. We went to the Colter Bay Visitor Center. Most of the
museum has been sent to Tucson for conservation, so there's a very
limited exhibit there now. We watched a nice video, then went to the
Jackson Lake Lodge for dinner. The restaurant had huge windows with a
grand vista of the Tetons – gorgeous. After dinner, we went to the
Oxbow Lake area to look for wildlife. No moose, but a herd of elk.
Also a herd of mosquitoes. Bryn got away with only 5 bites through
the repellent. Randy, with no repellent, got 9 bites on just one
leg; he didn't count them all. Ouch. Good thing we had some anti-itch
cream.
We got back to the cabin and everyone
looked forward to a good night's sleep.
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