We left camp early in hopes of getting to the campground in Grand Teton park early but that didn't work out very well. We stopped in West Yellowstone, MT to dump the tanks and take on water. After a quick stroll through town, we ate lunch on the road. The shortest route to Grand Teton National Park is through Yellowstone Nat. Park. The speed limit is only 45 mph with stops to view animals. One stop was to see a grizzly bear in the middle of a field which was not a very photogenic location and another was for a bull buffalo in a grove of trees. Again, not very photogenic.
This route took us down memory lane as we had traveled this way with Erin and RJ about 18 years ago. We sure didn't recognize many locations other than Old Faithful, the mud pots and possibly one place where we rode bikes. Of course, some time between then and now, Yellowstone experienced a huge wildfire so the landscape has changed some.
We drove the eastern route south past the Teton Mountains to try and get to the Gros Ventre (pronounced "Grow Vant") Campground on the south end of the park. That is an Indian name of one of the tribes that used to summer in the Teton Valley. There is another road that goes closer to the mountains and lakes that we will explore this week.
As we drove to our campsite we saw another Bay Star and a Born Free RV. We met the Bay Star owner just before supper and I walked over to the Born Free to discover it was driven by a single lady we had met on our Yucatan Tour 3 years ago. It was great to catch up with her. Another couple we met earlier this week is also camped here.
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