Miles 2131-2411: Drive to Jackson thru Grand Tetons National Park and Jackson, Wyoming
Breakfast this morning was at the hotel. I had some yogurt and a cream cheese bagel. We ate in the courtyard of the hotel, which was really fancy. There was a koi pond, four of the five hot tubs, balconies from the rooms into it, and lots of tables in the middle. Once we got in the car, we started the four hour drive to Jackson, Wyoming. We went through some elevation changes when we crossed the Tetons mountain range. The temperature dropped as we went up, dropping to as low as 43 degrees, and it even snowed for about two minutes at one point. When we came down into the valley, the temperature came back up to a pleasant 65, and the sun came out. We stopped at the Grand Tetons Visitor’s Center to get our National Park’s Passports stamped, and to get stickers for our trunks and pins for our growing collection. We drove into Jackson, which my parents had been talking about as if it was huge, but it was a small, resort town. Like how Monaco is a playground for rich people, Jackson’s economy relies on tourism. Our hotel didn’t have a luggage cart, or an elevator, so we had to carry all our trunks and suitcases up the stairs. We walked around and went shopping around Jackson. The only thing I ended up getting was a Grand Tetons t-shirt, but there were a lot of cool shops in Jackson, with hand-made jewelry and other things. We had dinner at a place called Gather at 5:30 MT, where we got Korean pork buns for appetizer and I got elk bolognese. We had a meeting with OARS, the company guiding our camping trip. We got to see the rest of our group and it’s only ten people plus our guides. One is a family, with two kids around Jackson and I’s age. The girl, Iris, is twelve and seems really nice. I’m hoping we can become good friends over the next six days. I won’t be able to blog for that time because we’re going completely off-the-grid. I’ll make sure to journal every night and I’ll give an abridged version on Friday, when we get back. The camping trip is through Yellowstone and Grand Tetons National Park. Hope you guys can survive without my blogging 😉!! Miss and love you guys!!
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