The Grand Tetons and Animals in Yellowstone

We arrived just outside Yellowstone National Park late at night. Instead of driving into the park in the dark we spent the night in Cody, Wyoming, just outside Yellowstone. The kids were super stoked we were finally at our much anticipated destination…

They were more excited after they were fully awake!

We checked into the our RV park, Fishing Bridge – it was actually in the park. Did you know in mid-May there is still a solid bit of snow on the ground in Yellowstone National Park?!? Three feet in some places.
We didn’t.
I hadn’t packed socks, remember!
So instead of hiking with flip flips in the snow we took a drive to Jackson, WY with a stop in the Grand Teton National Park. I had read that Jackson Hole was one of the most beautiful places in the world. It was.

The Grand Tetons are breathtaking…

All throughout our Road Trip we saw beautiful scenery, but we had been promising our children animals in Yellowstone.
LOADS of animals!
“In Yellowstone there will be so many animals we’ll lose count of them.”
”We’ll drive past whole herds of buffalo, and elk and see deer crossing the roads.”

To this point we had seen one buffalo.
ONE!!!

Don’t get me wrong, it was up close and amazing and huge and a majestic wild animal.
But it was one.
And the kids (and me) were anticipating so much more.
After dinner, around sunset (which is like 10pm that far north), we started back to camp and the animals started coming out.
Lots of them.

 Then we saw two grizzly bears.
TWO BEARS!!!
One was a mama bear trying to get her 3 baby cubs across a bridge. But the mama kept getting scared of the cars. The other bear was chillin’ in the middle of a meadow. Her name is Blondie, and apparently she comes out at dawn and dusk in the same area each day. We got to see her standing on her hind legs stretching.
Bears are big.
Super big.
I don’t ever want to be in the wild near a bear.
The sun was down so here is the best shot we got of Blondie.

A view of the Grand Tetons on the way back to Fishing Bridge.

Of course any kind of camping makes me think of some stand-up comedy from Jim Gaffigan about camping.
Watch it.
Now.
It’s exactly Brad and I when it comes to camping and the bear bit is classic!
Day 8 – Traveled 200 miles
(from our RV camp to Jackson and back, 100 miles each way)

View our whole trip here:

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