Grand Tetons National Park

Our long day of driving from Glacier NP to Grand Teton NP turned into a realllyyyyyyyy long day on the road. What started as a 9 hour, 480 mile journey turned into a 13 hour, 621 mile day. We started out pretty steady with no issues until we pulled into West Yellowstone, Montana with only 2.5 hours left to drive. About 45 minutes prior to us arriving there was a large hole found on the road over a bridge so the entrance was closed “indefinitely.” After a short discussion, we decided to reroute south instead of chancing the bridge not reopening. What was originally supposed to be a 3 hour reroute (which was bad enough already) turned into 4 hours when we realized Google maps wanted to take us through Teton Pass. This road is very doable in good weather in a normal vehicle, but with extremely steep grades and switchbacks, it sees more trailer/motor home accidents and deaths than almost any road in the country. After an even shorter discussion we decided it was better to safe than sorry and drove to the next pass south. We finally arrived in our campground just outside Grand Tetons National Park after seeing an elk just off the road. Needless to say as soon as we set the camper up it was off to bed for us. Our first full day in the area consisted of mostly running errands in Jackson, a beautiful ski town with great cafes and boutiques. We visited a lodge my family stayed at in 1997 and 2002 and tried finding animals at Oxbow Bend at sunset and did sight a family of otters, a white pelican, and a bald eagle.Read more