Road Trip!: May 27-Gros Ventre Campground, Grand Teton, WY

Not long after leaving Wells, NV we saw a small herd of deer by the side of the road. At least I think they were deer, they were lighter in color than the deer we normally see in CA so I’m not sure. They were almost blonde, maybe 12-14 of them. No photo as there was no place to pull over and snap a shot. We made good time today and decided to drive all the way to Jackson, WY (Jackson Hole). We will spend two nights here. Tomorrow we will peruse the town of Jackson and then attend a dinner and show at the Bar J Chuckwagon. Our day did end up being uneventful though we had a little scare when our brakes started smoking coming down a pretty steep 10% grade over the Teton Pass. We did fine going up and would have been fine going down the other side but we got behind a large truck going about 10 MPH and low gear would not hold us back enough so I had to really ride the brakes. We decided to pull over and let them cool off and we were fine when we started out again, no further smoking. It wasn’t too far past Jackson that we found our camping spot. Not every loop here is open but most are and there are many, many open sites. Where we are camped it is very close to the Gros Ventre River and the terrain is mostly sagebrush and other low lying plants with lots of Cottonwood trees for shade. On the way here we saw 4 adult bison, which was a nice surprise. They say there are many bear right now and that moose have also been seen in the campground. It is surprising that we have no “bear safe” food locker but we keep all our food in the trailer anyway so it doesn’t matter to us. So today we started out in Nevada, spent most of the day driving through Idaho, and we are sleeping in Wyoming! We traveled on Hwy 93 almost to Twin Falls, then Hwy 84, to Hwy 86, to Hwy 15 to Idaho Falls, then a few turns here and there and we were on Hwy 26, Hwy 31, Hwy 33 that turned into Hwy 22 in Wyoming and over Teton Pass. Scenic views and a short cut I guess!

Teton Pass