​Back to the Tetons

With the crazy heat of late July and the fires I continued to go North and headed back to the Tetons and Yellowstone for a week. 
 
Coming from Idaho I was excited to take the Tetons pass which had been closed when I last was in the area due to the road collapse. I knew that they had “all hands on deck” to fix it up but still was surprised that it was open when I drove through this time. And boy am I glad as it afforded some amazing views. I spent some time in Jackson which last time I had just driven through and was pleasantly surprised that they had lots of parking. So Joy and I set out to embrace the tourist part of the city. It was fun to look at the historic buildings and imagine what it must have been like for those who settled the town especially with an understanding of how brutal the weather could be in the winter months.
 
After doing a harvest host site in Jackson I was able to get one night at a campsite in the Tetons.  Revisiting the Tetons was fun because there was so much I had not been able to do the first time I went through because time was limited.  I even got to attend a ranger talk that helped to explain the uniqueness of the Tetons which was very cool, and I saw the Mormon Ruins and old ranch that only lasted a few years but helped to tell the story of the ruggedness of the area.