Woke up to a nice, home cooked breakfast in the Wind River range. We hit the road around 8 or so, a little later than we had the previous days, and made our way towards the Grand Tetons. Now, you would think that during the height of tourist season, road construction on the main road to the Tetons and Yellowstone would be at least efficient, much less somewhat convenient for the travelling tourist. But, alas, this was not the case. It took FOREVER to get even near the Tetons, which, of course, puts us back in my timetable (I don't understand it, everyone knows we have 10,000 miles to go in 25 days on this trip, but time for some reason is not a factor, and they are not willing to drive all night...we'll see...).
So we get there, pay too much for bear spay (again, saw that coming), and hit the Jenny Lake loop trail. This trail leads to Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point. We are hiking much faster than most the people there, stopping only once to take a closer look at the fattest marmot we have ever seen. Then after a short stint to the falls and the point, we jump onto the ferry that takes us back across Jenny Lake to save us an hour's hike, and hit the road to Yellowstone.
Yellowstone is huge. Really huge. Yellowstone has a park-wide 45 mph speed limit...or less, when indicated. This means it takes a long time to get through the park. Luckily the first place we hit, Old Faithful, is on our timetable and we see the ever cyclical eruption within minutes of our arrival...we move on to see many more geysers, springs, pots, mud puddles, and slow tourists to fill any vacation.
We then drive all night to Glacier NP, Montana. On the way we stop by a Walmart to find bear bells, where we learn that they are not only ineffective, but almost dangerous to wear. Good things to know considering Tom and I already had ours and were planning on wearing them. We are told to just sing and talk loudly instead, and will be able to use this advice soon enough. It is 2am when we arrive at the "campsite." It is an RV site, the only real "camping" Americans do these days apparently, so there are no spots for our tents, and we set up at the picnic table, in bear country. Needless to say we did not sleep well that night...
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