And then came the most scenic mountains of all … the Grand Tetons. It was the sight of these mountains in our first year of travels that literally brought tears to my eyes. They are exquisite. They are the charm school graduates of mountain ranges. This is why we travel – you just don’t see sights like this in normal city life! The cloudy skies made for less than brilliant pictures, but being in the presence of the Grand Tetons was still a humbling experience.
WE even caught a glimpse of some Buffalo … err, Bison.
We managed to spare a few minutes to stop and the National Park Visitor Center and get our Nat’l Park Passport book stamped. The visitor center building was quite an experience in itself. Huge windows to fit the view!
The sun even peaked out for a few minutes.
And, we weren’t done yet! After leaving the Tetons, we took the road that followed the Snake river – it was a beautiful canyon itself.
I was starting to get tired by this point … and I wasn’t even driving! We didn’t have any reservations for the night since we had no idea how far we would make it. It looked like we could get into Idaho Falls before dark, so I looked at our Allstays app on my smartphone and saw that there was an Elks Lodge in Idaho Falls. Unfortunately, when I called them, I was told that they already had 2 RVs parked there, and that’s all they had room for. So, we just found a rest area and pulled over. OMG … I can’t imagine a better spot to rest! It was overlooking the Snake river, and we happened to be there right at sunset time.
As if that wasn’t enough! Would you believe that we had 5 bars of 4G on our smartphones?! So we were able to zip along on the work we had to do before bedtime.
Here’s the picture we took of our parking spot the next morning.
Devil's Tower is a major symbol of Wyoming by the way - even more than Yellowstone!
It truly is magnificent. And we had such a gorgeous blue sky to offset it this morning.
This place is considered sacred to at least 7 Indian tribes. Here's Chris trying to absorb some of the spirit of the stone:
Legend has it that 7 girls were playing near here one day when a giant bear appeared. The girls prayed to the earth to save them. The earth responded by raising them up beyond the reach of the bear. The earth just kept rising as the bear clawed his way to try to reach the girls. The bear's claws created the columns we see today and the girls reached the sky and became the star system know as the Pleiades or the 7 sisters.
When we got back 'home' we had a relaxing afternoon, basking in the power of this monolith. Gaze at our majestic dog!
Some stormy weather moved in late in the afternoon and cancelled the Lakota storyteller we were hoping to hear tonight. But, I found this 
I really like this place. I could stay for a few more days. But, we gotta get going. Talk to you later.