Hellooooooo!!
Wow it's been a crazy past couple days! Our last post was the morning we were leaving Salt Lake and since then we have really been blessed to see how AMAZING God's creation is. The hours of driving have been sooo fun because of the beauty that we've been able to see. The weather has made the trip fun and interesting but has also thrown us off a bit.
Thursdays drive through Utah and Wyoming was awesome. It would rain off and on, and was overcast almost the entire time. We hit a really rough patch of hail that was really cool, but kind of scary! During the hail storm one of the funniest things happened. There was a cattle drive in the middle of the highway in Wyoming!!! It was so funny, traffic stayed still while these cowboys were moving their cattle. They have the right away in Wyoming. We have a really cool video of it! :)
Anyways, we finally pulled into the Grand Teton National Park and stayed at a campground on Jenny Lake. Even though the whole time it was raining and we didn't get to see the Tetons, it was still a beautiful scene.
Rain, rain, rain..... it was only a small drizzle while we set up camp and cooked dinner, but just as we were finishing up it started to get heavier and heavier. So at about 6:45 we decided to just take a dvd player and some cards and get in the tent early. Soon after we noticed that very small puddles were forming around the base of the tent and the air mattress we were on was getting wet. After contemplating what we should do we decided to abandon the tent and since it was raining and we had already paid our camping fee we'd leave it up. After driving around a bit we pulled back into our campsite and decided that the front of the truck was going to have to do. It was a long night! And it rained..... ALL NIGHT.
In the morning we packed up the tent and since it was soaked just threw it in trash bags, wondering how we were going to get it dry in time for the next night. As we left the campground we were able to see part of the Tetons through the clouds, not to mention some great rainbows! So the drive began up through Yellowstone not knowing where we'd call home the next night.
Yellowstone was amazing!!!! As we started climbing, fresh snow was everywhere. It made for some good pictures and breathtaking views. Through the day we drove around and found out that every place was booked inside the park! (The tent was not going to be dry so we were looking for lodging). We ended up meandering throughout the park and towards the west entrance to try to find a place to stay just outside the park. As we went through Yellowstone, we saw a lot of bison, some elk, and a grizzly bear with her 3 cubs. We were literally 10 feet away from some huge bison! (We have a cool video of that too!)
As we got out of Yellowstone into West Yellowstone, Montana, we found out that all 20 or so of the hotels there were also all booked. Hmmmm. What to do!? Thank goodness for the GPS. I figured that someplace 10 miles or more outside of West Yellowstone had to have vacancy, so I found a hotel about 12 miles west and we started that way. On the way we saw a KOA camp and decided to stop because they had several cabins on their property. One happened to be available and it turned out to be perfect! It was a cool little cabin with heaters inside. It had a full size bed and bunk beds as well. We used the bunkbeds to spread out our tent and turned up the heaters!
We're getting ready to leave now and see the rest of Yellowstone! We have a dry tent and the skies are blue and the sun in shining!! The Lord has taken care of us and looking back on it, it was a pretty funny night in the Tetons!
Love you guys and we're trying hard to get some pics up!!! The internet is being very stubborn!
T&T
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