Traci did some grocery shopping in the morning to be sure we
had plenty to eat in the parks for the coming days. I’m glad she did. Even though there are a lot of shops in the park,
the prices are pretty high for most things.
I walked down the neighboring Starbucks and got a coffee while the kids
drank hot chocolate before we got on the road- Great start to the day!- all
decked out in our cowboy boots J
We started driving north on 191 up into the mountains. For the most part, we took our time on the
road. The mountains got bigger and
bigger. We stopped quite a few times to
take family pictures. It was such a
beautiful day. There were a lot of
wildflowers out as well. We really had a
great time together seeing all of the beautiful sites. The mountains are huge and shaped different
than any other mountains we have seen in the US. It was beautiful.
We spent the night at a full service hookup park inside
Grand Teton NP- Colter Bay campground. It
was a really nice campground. Grand
Teton had gone with a different privatized campground company. The other national parks have privatized the
management of the campgrounds through a different company, but you can call one
phone number to make your reservations with most of the different parks through
the same number. Grand Teton is
different. They went with a different
company. It was a really nice campground
through. We had not stayed at too many
parks that have the sewer hookup at the campsites before. I wish I had saved the sewer pipe support
system that was crammed into the camper when we bought it. I could have used it. Instead, there was a collection of rocks
there that previous campers had used to build a ramp to the drain. After a little time, it worked fine… I might
have to pick one of them up whenever I get to an RV shop- outside of the
parks. Colter Bay was a great place to
camp. The waterfront views of the Teton
Mountains were breathtaking.
Oh, I almost forgot- good news!-
The housing people on JBLM called and they
have a house for us.
We are excited
about it.
The house is brand new, never
lived in.
The house is within 1 mile of
my work, so I should be able to ride my bike or walk to work.
The house is good sized and also has a garage.
So, we are excited about that.
We had debated trying to live in the camper
for a while longer when we got to JBLM, but this seemed like a great
opportunity.
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| Campsite in Grand Teton NP at Colter Bay |
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| The kids thought these were a hit... they had never seen pay phones before... has it been that long?? they serve a purpose in the park system though- where there is little if any service.. |
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| John Colter- Private on the Lewis and Clark Expedition... |
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| Relaxing... |
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