Grand Teton National Park

Another chilly morning (-15 degrees) was rewarded with the sunrise over the Grand Teton mountain range and a beautiful coloured rose sky.
We made our way to the stops rather quick to get on the trail and warm up. But unfortunately most of the trails were already closed for the winter, so we stuck to the nonetheless pretty viewpoints. By mid morning the fog covered the whole mountain range and we found a little loop walk along Lake Jenny. Afterwards there wasn't much left of the park, so we drove the last bit to the Visitor Center to stock up on water and get a stamp in our National Parks Pass.

We enjoyed the time in the park but unfortunately couldn't take advantage of the many hiking opportunities. This calls for a revisit in summer ☺️

As we finished our time in the park earlier as expected we went back on the road in direction of Utah. Directly after leaving the park there were some cars stopped at the side of the road and that usually means: Wildlife! It was a moose laying down in the meadows. After about two hours the warning sign about the injection in Ruedi turned on again but went out again after a little while. We're hoping that it was just a little Halloween scare by Ruedi 🙈🧐

On our way we made a short stop near Salt Lake City because that's where the first KFC was opened 😅 It wasn't that late and we decided to drive all the way to the Arches National Park to do some night photography. It did get pretty late and there weren't any proper camp spots anymore, but there was a parking and we paid the fee 🤷‍♂️ The photos turned out quite good and we enjoyed just laying there without freezing temperatures and watching the perfect night sky with lots of shooting stars ☄️🌠🌌 It was also the first official campground we stayed at and the first quite warm night...Read more