We've Arrived - Grand Teton National Park

Moose, WY (36 degrees, rain and sleet)

We've traveled over 2600 miles from Sanibel to the Grand Tetons National Park to begin our next adventure.  Our trip, except for one flat tire on our jeep and  high winds in Kansas, was very uneventful. There sure are a whole lot of miles between Florida and Wyoming.

Our route from Sanibel FL to Moose WY

We had to travel quickly to meet a deadline to start our next job with Grand Tetons Association. This is a non-profit association which run six book stores in the area. John will help receive all the inventory for the bookstores and take the items out to them.  I'll be working in administration and initially will help get all the new employees set up. We will be working full time until October 10th.  Traveling an average 400 mile a day is not really our style but it was worth it to take advantage of being able to be in this beautiful place. 

Kansas

Kansas was endless and very boring.  We  had to spend two nights in Russell waiting out the high 50 mph winds.  The Triple J RV park camp host was very friendly and our best meal was in nearby Hoyt at a unique brewery.  I use a Yelp app on my smartphone to help us find restaurants.  It really comes in handy and sometimes there are special offers through the app for the restaurant.  

Another handy guide book while traveling is Next Exit.  Do you have one?  It tells you what is located at each exit on your road.  For example, it lists the restaurants, gas stations which are big rig friendly, stores, and campgrounds. It is organized by state and major highways.  As John is driving I use it to plan ahead for a diesel gas station, rest stop, or place eat.  

Yes, ti's a reindeer at our campground

Some of the campgrounds were very bleak between Kansas and Wyoming.  Spring has not arrived yet and the fields are bare. The people we meet were very friendly.  

RV World, Rawlins, WY

RV World

Finally the mountains and something we have not seen for a long time, snow, appeared.  As we approached Jackson the views were spectacular despite the rainy weather.  

Our campground is within the Grand Teton National Park.  As we were driving down the road we saw five moose hanging out together.  They are huge and such a great welcoming committee.

Our campground is called Gros Ventre. This is a huge primitive campground for visitors and within it is a full hook up campground for employees.  This big moose was hanging out very near our site.

There are only a few other people staying here right now.  We arrived late in the afternoon and did not meet anyone. Our site was pre-assigned and is very small.  It's so small we had to park our motorhome sideways to avoid being out in the road.  We'll talk to our boss on Monday and see if an alternate site can be found.  

After setting up we went into Jackson for dinner.  During the early season many of the great restaurants offer a buy one, get one dinner free.  It was very chilly so we didn't spend much time there after dinner but saw these buffalo on the way back and if you look closely there were herds of elk everywhere..  

Buffalo

 I think we are going to like it here very much. 

THE END

Elk