What a gorgeous day!!!

We both got a great night sleep last night!!!  It is kind of sad when that is an important aspect of your trip.  But, that is the way it is.  Anyway, got up late and had a great shower.  Very clean shower rooms.  Nice. 

 

Then we took the drive to the Grand Teton National Park.  It is only 25 miles from here, but a tough 25 miles.  It includes 5 miles of a 10% grade going up and then 5 miles of a 10 % grade going down.  My little car did most of the up in second gear.  Going down was a little scary until I remembered that I can put the car into manual transmission and put it in a lower gear.

 

Got to Jackson Wyoming at lunchtime.  We stopped at the first restaurant we saw and it was great.  The waitress was exceptionally helpful and the food was generous and delicious.  The owner even stopped by to tell us what to see in the Grand Tetons (we had asked for info).  We then spent the day at 7000 feet.  Bob could not get out of the car much.  He was having a hard time breathing even just sitting in the car.  But the sights were gorgeous.  We had been to Yellowstone and this is so much better than Yellowstone.  The mountains rise up right out of the valley, there is no gradual increase, just sudden sheer, steep, saw tooth mountains.  There is lots of outdoor activity here.  We saw many people hiking and on bikes.  What we did not see at all was any wild life, even though there were signs all over warning us to be on the lookout.

 

When we got back to the rv we had a decision to make.  We had planned to take that very steep road going to Gillette.  We had both decided it was too steep for Betsy.  So we sat for a while and came up with an alternative route, going through Yellowstone.  It will be a nice trip and not as difficult on our wonderful Betsy. 

 

It is a lot cooler today - only 79 degrees - and quite breezy.  I may take a nice long walk before dinner.  What a joy.