Road Trip Day 2
We got an early start to the day, leaving before nine. The earlier start compared to the day before made a big difference in the amount of ground we could cover. We continued on Interstate 84 southeast through Idaho with a brief stop in Twin Falls, reaching the Utah border (State number 24!) around noon. We continued on until meeting Interstate 15, where we came back north, and then broke off the interstate onto Utah 30, a 2-lane highway. We arrived in Logan, Utah at about 2:00, and stopped for a short lunch before heading up north again on U.S. 89 through Logan Canyon, and on to Bear Lake.
We crossed back into Idaho, and were heading for Wyoming when we were detoured due to road construction on 89. We headed south on U.S. 30 and entered Wyoming (State number 25!) briefly before heading north on Wyoming 89, which quickly brought us back into Idaho, and soon back to U.S. 89 again. Back on 89, we went back into Wyoming, into the Star Valley, and stopped for gas at Afton (home of the world's largest elkhorn arch!). Heading north, we ran into another roadblock at Alpine- a Wyoming State Trooper informed us that a forest fire had sprung up in the last day, blocking our route. Our detour took us over 60 miles out of the way. From Alpine, we headed west on U.S. 26, back into Idaho (again) to Swan Valley, where we took Idaho 33 back into Wyoming. For those of you counting at home, that was our seventh border crossing of the day.
We continued on Wyoming 22 over the Teton Pass, and down into Jackson Hole. We headed north on Wilson Road, which took us by Teton Village, home of the Jackson Hole Ski Area. Shortly after, we entered Grand Teton National Park.
We drove along a narrow road, seeing a moose at one point! We reached the main park road and continued north through the park toward the campgrounds. The sun was beginning to set behind the Teton Range at this point, making for some lovely vistas. We also saw a herd of elk cross the road! We eventually arrived at our campground, set up camp, and went for dinner, each of us having the buffalo! We then went to the evening program, where the ranger presented a slide show called "Seasons of the Elk." It was interesting and entertaining. We then wandered a bit in the dark before making our way back to camp for the night.
July 13, 2003 11:59 PM
Comments (4)
07/24: kelley said:
you know, you could have just said, "we drove around a lot, saw a moose, and ate some buffalo."
07/25: Bill said:
But everything is more exciting with route numbers!!
07/26: Trevor said:
Meese are awesome!
07/28: kristin said:
no bill. everything is not more exciting with route numbers.