On Tuesday we headed out to Grand Teton National Park. We are staying in Victor, ID, which is about 45 minutes from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, which is at the south tip of the GTNP. In between Jackson and Victor are a bunch of mountains, so we had to go over one of the more difficult mountain passes that I’ve seen – it’s about a 10% grade the whole way up and the car has to work pretty hard to get up. Jackson is very much a tourist town – especially with it’s themed building code – all of the buildings are made to look like an old west town. Supposedly many hollywood types like to vacation in Jackson – though I’m not sure why it’s a pretty ordinary town. From what I’ve read most native Wyoming residents think of Jackson as a joke and definitely not the real Wyoming. We stopped in at Jackson for a short time to see the few sights that we wanted to see and buy a couple souvenirs, then we headed out to GTNP.

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