Bear Bums and Long Drives

This weekend we decided a weekend out of Utah would be really nice, so we left. After work we headed up to Rexburg, where we met up with Mimily (Emily). Emily gave us the night time tour of Rexburg then we visited with an old Winder friend, Jenny, with whom we talked with for a while. Sadly it was a little late so we couldn't say hi to Mary, but next time! Saturday morning Emily had to work, so Nate and I went and gave ourselves the daytime tour of Rexburg and walked around the new temple. It is a very beautiful temple!

When Emily was finished with work we picked her up and started our drive. When we got to Yellowstone we saw lots of beautiful mountains and rivers, lots of fly fishers, one bison up close and lots from a distance, a coyote, and lots of birds. We didn't get to see even a 1/3 of the park, but that just leaves more to do when we go back.

I think this was my favorite part of the park. This was off of Fountain Flat Drive. The steam is coming from a hot spring that is just off to the side of the river.


Emily and I around the hot spring.


The bison was in our lane, so we had to pass it and risk the oncoming traffic. I personally would rather take on the oncoming traffic.


Bison Bum!


Old Faithful

After Old Faithful, we decided that we should hit the road and head to our hotel. So, we drove over passes, through snow, back into warmth, and out of the park. Shortly after leaving the park we found ourselves in the Teton National Park. Not as much to see, that I know of, but I think it is much prettier. I think that the Teton range is the most beautiful range of mountains I have ever seen. The Tetons and the Alps are pretty close in prettiness.

Our first good shot of the mountains


Another pretty shot.

The drive to Jackson Hole was beautiful! It was getting dark when we got into town, so we found a map and made our way to our hotel. We stayed at the Snake River Lodge in Teton Village. They had really nice rooms, a fun ladies locker room that's gotta be bigger than our house, and a really cool pool that was an indoor/outdoor heated pool with caves and waterfalls. The outside hot tub was in a cave with a heated waterfall flowing into it. It was pretty fun! The next morning we managed to get a few pictures in the lobby without feeling really ghetto.

Emily petting a bear chillin' in the Lobby.


Bear Bum!
Poor bear is stuck in the log pole. There were actually lots of bears hanging out in the logs in the hotel. It was pretty cute.


Nate petting a bison in Jackson.

It was a fun trip and I don't think it was our last. There's still lots to see in Yellowstone and there's lots we'd like to do in Jackson Hole. I'd say it was a rather fun weekend!