Yellowstone bound!

After yesterday’s early wake up call, we took it easy this morning and everyone slept in. Stu cooked eggs and bacon and we made crepes on the blackstone griddle. We took our time getting things organized and repacked and we headed to our next campsite via Grand Teton park. We could
have taken a different route over the Teton Pass. It it has 10% grades, so we opted for the slightly slower relaxed route. Yellowstone looks amazing (we only saw it from the car so far), but it is quite crowded!  Every turn out was packed and we are hoping to get up early tomorrow to start our exploring. We are staying at Grizzly RV park in West Yellowstone. It is new, very clean, and has a great playground.  Our site backs right into a beautiful forest and it has been fun to watch the birds. The mosquitos are VERY thick though!  Stu cooked brats as a little snack and the kids (who had been riding bikes) came over to enjoy the brats and brought some new friends. The boy’s parents ended up coming by and we chatted for at least an hour. They live in Livermore, CA and he is a pilot for google!  They’re into off-roading and camping and we instantly clicked. Too bad they leave tomorrow because we would have gladly spent the next day together!  Dinner ended up being on the later side (about 8 pm) - tacos and refried beans.  The kids played Uno and we all turned in for the night. 








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