The Grand Tetons!

The Best of the Best! The Tetons
June 28th - July 7th

Once the pass over the Rockies opened up, we headed north through Wyoming to the Tetons.

We love this park and there are many reasons. It is physically beautiful, its facilities are plentiful and well spaced throughout the park and the people who manage it understand the visitor. It offers a variety of options for lodging, restaurants, groceries, laundry, showers, trails, sites to see and plenty of parking spaces for viewing each spectacular site. We were also able to grab a nice, spacious FCFS (First Come First Serve) campsite without hassle on the Sunday before July 4th! The Tetons continues to be our favorite park in the US.

The only downside to the park and camping there is that it has been discovered by all the campers who have HUGE RVs (30 feet plus) and they literally pack the road in the campgrounds with all their vehicles and stuff. It is difficult to drive down the road and the narrow opening in between these rigs without hitting something (a child's bicycle, a slideout bedroom, a dog, a generator, a tent). Simplicity no longer exists in the camping world and it is wildly apparent now.  It's really a shame. Obviously these folks all desperately need these huge rigs, their ATVs and motorcycles, numerous dogs, multiple huge slideouts, outdoor BBQs, Sigh! But I though the purpose of camping was to enjoy nature - not stuff????

We were lucky to have been assigned a tiny campsite at the end of the loop with plenty of trees and bushes around us (because we had a small footprint). Each day - these huge RVs would drive by and would quite literally try to take out a tree or two on the sharp turn. Few low branches remained after they passed. It's nice that the park accommodates them - but a shame that all this excessive need of luxury and stuff impacts the rest of us who choose to camp more frugally and quietly. The tent campsite loops are amazingly quiet and spacious in comparison. A good reason to try tent camping again if it wasn't so uncomfortable when one is over 60.

A little red fox joined us in our site for the first few days - but headed for the bushes when a family with two barking retrievers decided to put down all their stuff next to us on Tuesday. Oh well! We spotted him elsewhere later in the week (over by the tent sites). 

It's interesting what people don't see because they are simply too noisy and too distracted by all their stuff and needs for creature comforts!