After spending 5 days visiting Yellowstone we headed south to Grand Tetons National Park. Unfortunately, the long drive (since we were now at the north end of the park) was made even longer by a little detour. The Arnica fire which we had briefly seen from West Thumb on our first day, had left us stranded on our second night, and had threatened to evacuate us from the Lake Hotel was causing havoc again. This time closing our route south resulting in a several hour detour through Montana and Idaho (but hey we can cross two more states off our list). In the end the fire burnt ~10,000 acres of forest over >9 days, it never did get too close to the hotel, but was only put out by the snow that arrived on our departure day the following Friday.
The Grand Tetons were breathtaking. And it was a perfect time of year to go…the sun was warm but the air was just crisp enough, the crowds were low but everything was still open, and the fall foliage was at its peak. We stayed at the really nice Jackson Lake lodge in the park and ate some of the best food we've ever eaten. In this park, we had a little more chance to relax and just enjoy the scenery. One of our days we took a boat ride across Jenny Lake and took a great hike up through the mountains.
Our last two nights were spent at Jackson Hole a ski resort type of town with many shops and some great restaurants. And then all too quick it was time to board a plane again and head home.
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