Today was our last day at Yellowstone and we decided to take a drive (236 miles round trip!) to Grand Teton National Park. The weather was beautiful today, but last night the temperature got down to 27. It was still a bit chilly when we entered Yellowstone Park at 8:15 this morning.
We passed by the Continental Divide several times today.
As we traveled south of Grant Village on a road that was new to us, one of the first sights we saw was Lewis Falls.
Then it was goodbye to Yellowstone and hello to Grand Teton and one of our first views of the Teton Mountains.
We stopped first at Colter Bay. We had stayed in the Trailer Park there in the early 1990s when we had our Fleetwood Jamboree Rallye Class C motorhome, and we wanted to see if we could still fit in the sites there with our 35E Fleetwood Bounder. We determined that yes, this would still be a good place to stay. Our motorhome would fit, even with the slides extended, and the sites have been upgraded to 50 amp electric along with the water and sewer hookups that we remembered.
We visited the Visitor's Center, walked down to the Jackson Lake marina, took some pictures, and then had lunch at one of their picnic tables.
We drove on to Jackson Lake Lodge, went inside and admired the lodge, and then went out to their patio to take some more pictures of the fabulous Grand Teton Mountains.
We drove on to Willow Flats Overlook but we didn't see any animals hanging around the meadow. I was on a search for moose and bears!
Our next destination was Jenny Lake. This was a part of the park that we hadn't seen. What a lovely drive and beautiful lake!
We stopped at an overlook area and then drove to the Jenny Lake Visitor's Center and walked down to the lake.
We saw more pretty wildflowers.
I never did see any real live moose, so this picture on the wall at Jackson Lake Lodge had to suffice...
...along with these iron moose in the fireplace at the Lodge.
On our way back through Yellowstone National Park, we said goodbye to the park and enjoyed one more look at the steam from the geysers.
Tomorrow morning we leave West Yellowstone and travel north to Glacier National Park, with an overnight stop at Helena, Montana. Thank you for following along on our trip to Yellowstone!
