Driving to Jackson

Summer Vacation 2017, “Out West!”

We initially planned four days and nights in Yellowstone National Park.

Then friends at Church recommended we visit Jackson, WY, so we adjusted to two days in each location.

Even thought we “only” had two days, we drove almost all the roads in Yellowstone and saw A LOT. Sure, we could stay longer, and we want to visit again, but two days helped us make more lifetime memories than we expected.

Day 6: Yellowstone, through Grand Teton National Park, to Jackson, WY

(direction-wise, from nine o’clock, counterclockwise, to six o’clock)

1)A slow slow entry into the park at the West Entrance
2)Seeing the Grand Prismatic Spring, Excelsior Geyser, Opal Spring, and Turquoise Spring at the Mid-Geyser Basin
3)Seeing three geysers erupt:
⁃Grand Geyser first, a ways away, but tall enough to see over the treetops
⁃Old Faithful (erupts for 3-4 minutes every 90 minutes +/- 20 minutes)
⁃Lion Geyser (at the same time as Old Faithful, but for a shorter eruption)
4)Seeing a storm blow over Grand Teton National Park
5)Stopping the van, and with another car’s driver, moving a tree that was just felled by the blowing wind, clearing the road for traffic
6)Arriving in Jackson, WY and enjoying