JULY 1-4: Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, Wyoming

Jenny Lake, Teton National Park, WY

KARI:  Wyoming was new territory for all of us and exceeded all of our expectations.  We started our adventure in Jackson, where we landed an incredible campsite at Shadow Mountain with a stunning view of the Teton range.  (The only criticism we could make about this site, besides the lack of a toilet, was the prevalence of biting flies.  I've never seen anything like it!  Julian's theory is that these two things - no toilet and swarms of flies - are connected.  I'm not so sure.)  We explored Teton NP on foot and by bike, and spent an afternoon and evening walking and driving through Yellowstone NP.  After Jackson we hit Granite Creek hot spring - a highlight for the boys.  We loved the place so much that we spent the night at the campground there in another amazing site.  That captures how we felt about Wyoming in general - so amazing that we wanted to stay just a little bit longer...

GABO:  When we were at the tetons we saw mountains that could touch the clouds.  And we also saw these things that looked like prairie dogs but were actually ground squirrels. And we also saw lots and lots of deer.

And also there was this big storm that started sprinkling, then raining, then pouring them thunder and then we went into the tent and it was hail!!!

MAX:  The Tetons were so cool. They were these mountains that touched the clouds. They looked so cool.

Sebbie at Shadow Mtn. campsite

   

Granite Creek, WY

Sebbie at Granite Creek, WY

 

Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park

GABO:  Then we went to Yellowstone and there were actually yellow stones, well, they weren't actually yellow atonement was just pollen on the stones which made them look yellow which is why I guess they call it "Yellowstone".

And we also saw these geysers and we saw old faithful blow up and hot water came out and steam coming out and it was really cool.  Then we got ice cream and we saw a wild bird inside and it was really cool!

MAX:  Yellowstone was so cool. We watched old faithful blow up!!! We also saw tons of geysers they were so cool. There were also tons of Yellow stones.