Week one....

Well not quite a whole week but close....

We left Creede on Monday morning and got to Black Canyon on the Gunnison around lunch time Emily and I set off to explore the beautiful canyon. We camped there Monday night and were rained on ALL night luckily the tab is water tight...grandma and grandpa in their tent were not so lucky and woke up pretty wet! After packing up in the rain it was off for Wyoming.....we drove through much of Colorado and into NE Utah and Flaming Gorge before crossing into Wyoming.

Tuesday night we camped just at the south of Grand Teton National Park. It was late when we got there and it was a long day, but we made a good dinner and s'mores, by the campfire.

Wednesday we headed into the Tetons, the views were beautiful! We stopped at several spots and the views from Jenny Lake were amazing! We had lunch at the beautiful and historic Jackson Lake Lodge.

We kept plowing on North toward Yellowstone and made it there in the early afternoon....we were able to see Old Faithful and lots of wildlife. Before beginning to look for a campsite....lets just say that's where the fun began...the campground we had heard good things about was nearly full and none of the spots left would work for the t@b, and our our cars....so we headed back down to one of the bigger campgrounds where we were able to get a spot but once we arrived and started to look around and think about unpacking things quickly started to look not so good....there were lots of people very very close together, generators, some interesting characters and enough mosquitoes to spread West Nile to the entire population of Wyoming! We quickly decided none of us wanted to stay here! So it was back in the car and heading back south in search of some where to camp! There are signs and notices all over Yellowstone saying no camping except in designated camp spots.....well after nearly running out of gas and stopping at the only services in between the two parks for a $67 tank of gas!!!!! We ended up at a gorgeous campground on the north end of Grand Teton NP. After setting up camp in the pitch dark and having dinner at about 11:30 it was time for bed.

Thursday morning it was time for Grandpa and Grandpa to head back to Creede but first they helped us move to a beautiful campsite right on Jackson Lake. Then we headed off to explore the geysers of Yellowstone! They are unbelievable!

Today we went south into Jackson Hole Wyoming, but not after taking showers in a public shower facility in one of the park campgrounds....ok they were very clean and nice but not something I want to make a habit of! But since it was my first shower since Monday it could not have been any better! We walked around Jackson for most of the afternoon. Emily posed under the Antler arches in the town square...and then another first....we had to do a weeks worth of dirty camping laundry at the Wagon Wheel laundromat....ummmmm ok i don't think we're in Phoenix anymore. After the firsts of today we needed a little comfort so we stopped back at the Jackson Hole Lodge and had drinks in the beautiful lobby ordered some dinner, watched the sunset on the Tetons and got online to catch up we hope to see some moose off the back deck before we leave, there is an amazing view of the mountains and willow around the snake river from the patio.

We have a couple more days to explore Yellowstone before heading off for points East....We miss the comforts of home but we are having an amazing time!!!!