Summer 2009 - Day 2


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Published: June 11th 2010
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Leave Denver and drive to Colter Bay in Grand Teton National Park (GTNP)


We left the hotel right on schedule at 8:30am we had to make a quick stop north
of Denver to pick up some Rockies tickets that I purchased for the game on July 11th, without
Ethan finding out, because we want it to be a surprise. We met the person at a
McDonalds and Ethan has no idea.
We continued our drive around 9:20 headed for GTNP. The route we took would
take us through:
Fort Collins, CO
Cheyenne, WY - not really through it but around it
Laramie, WY - wanted to stop for a bathroom break, but we blinked and
missed it - so we had to pull over on the side of the road to
let Ethan go
Rawlins, WY - stopped for gas and then got lunch at Subway. Made a
quick stop at the grocery store to buy meat for dinner. The
plan was to cook at the campsite - this would be the last
“real” town for quite some time. Due to construction about
an hour away from GTNP, it took us about 2-1/2 hours longer
than it should have.

Moran Junction, WY - this is just what it says it is a junction - not a town
as some things would lead you to believe!
We passed the junction and about 1/2 mile later a bunch of
cars were pulled to the side of the road...it was a moose
(very exciting). We then realized we needed to turn at the
junction so we did a U-turn and continued our journey. We
got to the entrance of GTNP...Finally - made our way to the
campground in Colter Bay and setup the tent. It was very
late, but still light out, sunset is about 9:30 pm. We then
cooked hamburgers and hot dogs. Cleaned up, had smores.
Everybody got ready for bed in the car since we can’t go in
the tent in clothes we cooked or ate in; after all this is Bear
Country. The boys fell asleep rather quickly considering and
so did Amy. I, on the otherhand was up for quite some time.
Our camping neighbors were extremely loud talking and
yelling in Japanese for hours.


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