After leaving the Zion Park area, we moved north to a nice little campground a little south of Salt Lake City. We had a few better options picked out, but the Father’s Day weekend crowd those places filled up. This place was tucked between a couple ridges and very clean.
When we arrived on Saturday, we took the last site available.
But 24 hours later, we were by ourselves and the weekend crowd gone.
Monday we headed north skirting Salt Lake City and traveling through Provo and Park City. The terrain was everything from mountainous to valley plains.
We’re on our way to Jackson, WY but it’s a bit too far for a one day run so we stopped at Bear Lake State Park near the Utah/Idaho border.
Each site has a covered picnic table.
Just on the other side of the trees, is…
Bear Lake. It’s a refreshing change of scenery from all the rock canyons we’ve been looking at for the past several days.
The information board says there are cutthroat trout, lake trout, and white fish in the lake. I put my feet in and it felt like maybe 70° water at the beach.
What's even better is that we have TV reception for the first time in a while.
I'll give the Utah State Park a 10 for campsite condition but they could use some modernization in the showers and toilets. They get a 2 for those just because they weren't pit toilets. Those facilities weren't the best.
Tuesday and on to Jackson, WY. The beginning of week #3.
We pulled out of Bear Lake State Park and drove the scenic route along the west shore of 15 mile long Bear Lake.
We had a nice easy drive across the flatland for 30 minutes or so.
but that soon ended and we were back in the hills.
I pulled over to snap a photo at a pass that looked extra green. According to signage, this was part of the Oregon trail.
I didn't stop for any pictures, but we traveled some distance along the snake river. It was absolutely roaring from all the recent snow melt. The water was chocolate brown and over the banks everywhere.
We continued on getting ever closer to the Teton range.
We arrived in Jackson, set up the motor home and took a walk downtown. The town square has a couple antler arches that are a focal point for the tourists.
The town itself is a mix of tourist shops, restaurants and lodges. It's much larger now than when we visited 10 years ago.
Jackson is the southern gateway to the Tetons and Yellowstone.
So we're tucked into mini-motor home row here in Jackson.
The Minnie Winnie took a lot of abuse today as we traveled the river valley. The mayfly hatch appeared to be in full swing. I stopped a couple times to clean the windshield.
Tomorrow we'll take a drive through the Teton scenic route.
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