DAY 3, SEPTEMBER 23,2018

We rose early and moved truck to nearby hill (previously used by skeet shooters) to photograph sunrise on the Grand Tetons—-a quintessential picture to be sure.  Sunrise for Jackson was reportedly at 7:10 a.m. but Jackson sits deep in a valley so when sunrise will hit the Tetons is a debatable issue.  At any rate, smoke and clouds denied us a great photo, but we were able to commune with nature and the chilly fall air for about an hour.

We breezed through Jackson and continued up into Bridger-Teton National Park where traffic was still tolerable, but increasing.

The entrance to Yellowstone National Park is directly after the exit to Bridger-Teton, so travelers are hit with 2 $35 passes in the same day (unless someone in the vehicle is old enough to have the Senior Pass!)  Yellowstone——-the land of geysers, mountains, bears, bison, moose, elk, and a stream of traffic that is unbelievable accompanied by road construction! We managed to drive straight through with only one “almost-got-killed” incident.  Drivers just cannot look at geysers, mountains, bears, bison, moose, elk, and oncoming traffic at the same time!  We have been to both Parks before, so driving through was no problem.

On our way out of Yellowstone, we were rewarded with the sight of three grizzly bears on the opposite side of the river that ran parallel to the road, appearing one at a time from behind the trees!!

                                                   

All in all, we saw geysers, mountains,elk, bears and traffic—five out of seven works for me.