Day 8 - On to the Tetons

Got up early and it was great outside: 50's, sunny, and best of all...no wind! That meant David could cook bacon for breakfast outside. He uses an electric skillet outside so the inside of the RV doesn't smell like bacon for days.

We begin the morning with a mileage reading of 72920. We are a long way from home now.

We crossed into Teton County. Also crossed the Continental Divide at 9658. Truck was struggling up some of the inclines. Thought we'd have to get out and push to make it over the top.

There is snow everywhere here. Not just a little depth to it, but enough for snowmobiles to still be running and to find out that Crocs won't work as snowshoes. James said he wanted to get out and measure the snow, so he and I walked to the edge where he could measure. I was almost past my knees before I stopped. I just knew my snowshoes (Crocs) would work better than that.

We got to the Jackson Hole Airport (which is located in Grand Teton National Park) about the time our friends plane landed. We were glad to see Eddie and Susan. We went with them to their hotel to make plans for the rest of the day. A man in an Alabama shirt walked by and asked David if we were from Georgia since he had on a Georgia Tech cap. At that point, David and the other man realized they knew each other. Tom Wilson! Small world! They had just finished talking when another man walked up to David and asked him when he graduated. This man was a EE 1964 grad of Georgia Tech.

We were all starving by now, so we went to Bubba's BBQ in Jackson Hole for lunch. When we got to dessert, we order 4 different pies because we couldn't decide which ones to get: buttermilk, chocolate buttermilk, pecan, and fudge pecan. For me it was a toss-up between the buttermilk pie and the fudge pecan pie. They were all good!

We got the RV set up and headed back into town to pick up Eddie and Susan. We did an overview of the park, showing them where to go and how to get around in the park. We then made plans to meet at 5:00 a.m. to go shooting sunrise pictures of the Tetons.

We didn't eat dinner, but had a couple of snacks and went to bed early so we could get up before dark...does that make sense? LOL

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)