Another big day of driving, from Elko in Nevada to Jackson Hole in Wyoming. First we headed North to Idaho and then drove East across Idaho to Pocatello. Once we hit Pocatello we had to head north again to Idaho Falls. We planned to stop for lunch at Pocatello, but somehow we missed the only turn off the freeway to food, and realised to late that we had missed all food stops. We ended up at a truck stop a few miles further on, with burgers and chips for lunch. We had a huge meal of vegies for tea tonight to compensate. We drove through some very inhospitable country again today before we got to Idaho, where the land is obviously more conducive to farming. Once we hit Idaho Falls it was time to head east again and navigate the two mountain passes that take us to Jackson Hole. You can see from the pics that the further we travelled today, the snowier the landscape became. The Teton Pass that brings us into Jackson is quite steep both up and down, I think John was pleased there was a truck and a number of cars in front of us on the way down, so it was very slow and safe. Our condo in Aspens, just out of Jackson Hole ski resort is really nice and will be a very cosy place to stay. Looking forward to a days skiing tomorrow, the terrain will be a bit more challenging than Mammoth, so will test my knee out again.
I'm sure John will tell you about my early rise this morning ... so I will leave that to him!
Early start!!!!! - Hair dryer wakes me up - 5:15 AM - backtrack for context, the night before Margo said that clock is wrong (in our room) and it was! So I look up and Margo says "good morning, rise and shine I have had my shower and it's nearly 7 AM" and I say "no it isn't" and Margo says "OH SHIT I can't believe I did that!"
So I tried to sleep for another hour or so while Margo searched the internet - at least she managed to find more info on the mountain passes we had to drive and all was OK.
Our car has satellite radio!! No idea how they make money as there are no ads at all!! we found the sixties on six yesterday (OK by accident, we didn't know it was satellite until later) and found the seventies on seven today - basically non stop hits all day and no adds or any interruptions - even a Loggins and Messina song today!!!!!!!!!! and no matter how far you drive it doesn't fade and you don't need to retune - how cool (yes Casey and Marnie it also tells you the song and the artist!) - I wonder if the rental company will send us a bill later on for using it....
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