Kodachrome Basin State Park was our last adventure with our friends Dick and Julie. A late afternoon hike was an especially beautiful time to visit. We decided it was sort of a miniature Bryce Canyon. When you look at our pictures, notice the high ridges that Mike and Dick and Julie ventured out onto. Ellen couldn't handle those heights! I said this was our last adventure together, but cooking s'mores that night was a lot of fun, too!
The four of us drove our RV's back to Provo, so Dick and Julie could turn in their rented RV in Salt Lake City. Dick and Julie headed home, and we drove on to eastern Idaho near Grand Teton National Park. We've made 2 trips over 8500 ft high Teton Pass to Jackson, WY, and to the park. The pass just opened around the first of May and there is still about 8' of snow piled up beside the road at the summit! The amazing thing about the Tetons is how they just rise right out of the plains, with no foothills.
Today, after taking the pups for a long walk, we stayed in Idaho and drove north across the Teton Valley to Mesa Falls. Gently rolling hills of plowed dirt, scattered farmhouses, and half-buried barns (not sure about those--maybe for potatoes?) with the Tetons in the background--a really pretty drive. Mesa Falls is on the Henry's Fork of the Snake River, and was really spectacular.
We're planning one more trip to Grand Teton NP, to finish a loop that goes through the park. We hope to see more wildlife this time. Then we move north to West Yellowstone, just outside of Yellowstone NP, for a week, so we'll see you there.
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