We were blessed enough to both get upgrades to first class so we were able to get some sleep. We arrived in salt lake city on time and since we flew continental rather than delta, we got our luggage (that one is for ben!)
After getting our tiny rental car (a chevy cobalt), we started the long trip to yellowstone. We know it would be 6 to 7 hours. We spent a ggod bit in utah, more in idaho and a long time in wyoming. Idaho was a lot of wheat fields. Wyoming started the mountains and the national parks.
We decided to go through the Grand Teton national park on our way. When we first entered the park, it was a dirt road and I thought we were going to take forever and ruin the rental car to make it through. Luckily it turned into a paved road.
We saw the grand tetons and stopped at signal mountain for a great view. Signal mountain had a cell tower right there, so that was our last cell signal (which means I have no idea when this will go out!)
The Grand Tetons - grand indeed.
The last cell phone tower!
A view from Signal Mountain
Another view from Signal Mountain
We finally arrived in yllowstone around 7 in the evening-9 hours from when we picked up our car in salt lake city. It was a good but tiring trip. We got to our cabin and checked in and were headed to the lodge for dinner. A ranger-type person stopped us and told us that there was a herd of bison roaming through the area and offered to take us back to our cabin. Well, they were right next to our cabin, so we got an extreme closeup of them. That made for a good first night.
Entrance to Yellowstone
The bison by our cabin
A good first day!
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