Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park

We woke up fairly early that morning because we knew it was going to be a long day. Not only that, we were looking forward to the ride we were planning. We could have easily ran straight north from Grand Teton National Park directly toward Yellowstone National Park, but naaah - that would have taken some of the fun out of it!.

We had mapped out a route that ran back south toward Jackson Hole, then westward over a southern pass across the Tetons themselves. This route would put us riding partially over the Grand Tetons!! The temptation was too hard to resist.

Not only would the route we chose take us over the Tetons, but we would wind up on the "back" (west) side of them so we can see what that side looked like. Our path also was going to lead us through Idaho, and as we headed northbound, we would skirt across a small part of Montana before entering into the west side of Yellowstone National Park.

So with our route in mind, we broke down camp, and repacked all of our camping gear. That task was becoming easier as well. It's interesting though that somehow, we managed to load our gear just a little differently onto the motorcycles each time we piled it all on them.

Once loaded, we started out, looking for a place to gas up along the way. I looked like Jackson Hole was going to be the closest gas stop, so off we went.

Our trip toward Yellowstone - continued next time.