Day 4-Road Trip to Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park

Alright, so finally on June 18th, 2009 we finally started up Hwy. 287. If you ever go this route, I would suggest starting out with a full tank of gas. There are small towns along the way that have gas stations, but you don't want to get stranded in the Wyoming frontier. Ok, so mostly pictures of our drive up this highway.

Apparently, we were driving along part of the Oregon Trail. Pretty cool. Luckily, we didn't die of dysentery.

Kelly and I both really like all of the sage bushes we say along the way.

This is Crowheart Butte pictured below.

We had to stop at this scenic pull off. The red rocks were simply unreal.

Here's the hubby.

And here's me.

Ok, so I forget the name of the town that possessed this wonderful concrete wonder, but it was a giant jackalope, a hybrid between a jack rabbit and an antelope. Does anyone remember the jackalope that used to be on America's Funny Home Videos??

As we got closer to the Tetons, we started to see snow on the ground. This did not make me too happy. I don't like winter weather very much.

Ahh, the mountain range, wonderful!! 

We made it to the park just after lunch. We set up shop at the Colter Bay Village Campground. I was partial to this area since this is where I stayed with my parents when I came on my first visit. Plus, this campground also had laundry facilities and showers. All campsites here are first come, first serve and are $20 a night. Each campsite has a picnic table and a fire ring and flush toilets and sinks are nearby. Not too shabby.

So, we pitched our tent.

This is the bear box. We were in bear country, and I can't stress how important it is to be careful about food in these areas. We always kept our ice chest in the car and anything else we used was put in the bear box.

Another good thing about this campground was that there was a general store. We bought postcards to mail to friends and family. We also did a small hike that was directly behind the visitor center. It was wonderful and it made Kelly really excited to be there. We couldn't wait to start seeing the sites. We roasted hot dogs for dinner. We couldn't keep the fire going long since the wood was wet. We made hot tea on our camper stove to help warm us up before we headed to bed that night.

Next time, our hike around Jenny Lake.