Our day started at 10.30, and we took the long way around so that we would see the Grand Teton. But will first mention that we were in Idaho, had crossed the whole of Utah, had already crossed the southern tip of Nevada and was gonna reach Wyoming by the end of the day. Pretty amazing if you ask me!
On our way north we stopped at Idaho Falls, cute little town with cute little shops (to the left I attach not a cute picture of the town, but a cool one, I think!)
There we found this cool antique shop where we almost bought their entire carnival-something-rather glass collection. The furniture was simply wonderful, all from Iowa, I am told. Good old farm houses and their decadent owners, I say.
We also heard the "Yellostone story of the day": a hiker got killed by a mamma bear because he got too close to her cubs and we made a note to ourselves not to go walking around unattended.
Going east for a bit and then north, we reached Grand Teton, wonderful view and a interesting feeling of being really small! Not dispersed, as the huge vastness of American roads make you feel, but a tiny dot on the map, or not even that. You probably can't see us from up those mountains, and I am sorry for that. But I can see you from down here and you, my friend, are grand!
We reached the southern entrance to Yellowstone at 5.25. and we were staying a the north entrance of Mamoth Hot Springs. One tip for fellow travelers, it takes 2 hours of solid drive to cross the park from south to north. Get there earlier than us!
We had a wonderful first run-through of the park and its geysers, but we just needed to arrive to our hotel and rest. That's what we did, because we were, at last, in Yellowstone!
