Day 14: Thursday June 19

Today we leave Idaho and enter Wyoming to spend two days in Grand Tetons. Joel woke us all up too early so it’s been a quiet morning. We stopped at Walmart in Idaho Falls for more water and food.

Potato fields in Idaho. Isla: “Woah can you imagine how many potato bugs are in that field?!” Caleb: “No it’s filled with chemicals instead”.

As we approach the Wyoming border the hills are now filled with trees and everything is much greener.

Welcome to Wyoming! There was a major land slide last year on the Teton Pass (highway 22). There is major roadwork still happening and tomorrow they completely close the road for final repairs.

We pulled over after the Teton Pass for a few minutes to let the brakes cool off – it was 10% grade for 6 miles. The front brakes on the truck were smoking a bit. Teton Pass has some of the steepest grades of any highway in the continental United States.

Caleb is not happy I’m putting the smoking brakes on this blog…

And then Ice Cream! This place has won many awards.. but it failed to deliver. It was ok, but we had better ice cream at Smith Rock.

National Elk Refuge Junior Ranger program

Quote of the day: Joel

“It’s ok everyone is scared of something. Isla is scared of snakes, Caleb is scared of bears and Mommy is scared of road edges.” Isla: “And what are you scared of?” Caleb: “Mommy!”