Another driving day today; not as brutal as the day before but still almost five hours in the car. The only stop we made was at the Columbia River gorge: An interesting note about the weather: inland and at the […]
Day 10 Summary
We essentially have now completed all the fun parts of the road trip, and we were faced today with a long brutal day of driving. We drove over 500 miles and 8 hours today, all but 60 miles of which […]
Day 9 Summary
Huge day today — a lot of things done and a lot of ground covered. Danika posted earlier about some of the things we did today; on top of that we went on a few hikes and drove the Beartooth […]
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Day 8 Summary
Another big day driving around Yellowstone today, this time focusing on the northern half. Today I did a better job of remembering that there’s over 10,000 geysers in Yellowstone it’s OK to skip a few. Even if you stay in […]
Day 7 Summary
We spent the whole day in Yellowstone today. There’s essentially no cellular service anywhere in the park so we logged a whole ton of photos but couldn’t upload any of them until we got back to our cabin late and […]
Day 6 Summary
Gorgeous scenery on a day with perfect weather. After shopping in Jackson we drove to Teton Village to ride the “new” air tram. Back when we last visited in the summer of 1998 we saw the tram being built but […]
Day 5 Summary
We stayed in Jackson today, so no need for a new map. We’re staying right near the ski slopes, which in summer is used for ziplines, alpine sleds, and mountain bike trails. Danika was pretty fearless and chose to do […]
Day 4 Summary
The trip is a bit more compressed than I would have ideally liked, so we had to pack a lot in today. I’d prefer to have stopped in Idaho Falls rather than continuing on to Bear World and Jackson, but […]
