Day 2: Driving from Beaver, UT to Grand Teton NP

By the numbers

• 3 Sausage McMuffins I bought went un-eaten (since when is there no egg in it?)
• 4 dead deer carcasses I saw by the side of the road
• 5 times we crossed into different states on the road from Park City to Jackson (Utah>Wyoming>Utah>Wyoming>Idaho>Wyoming)
• 27 live deer spotted while driving (don’t cross the road, dammit!)
• 1289 miles driven since we left home
• 7630 altitude in feet of the Salt River Pass we drove over (beautiful valley views at the top)
• 84 number of our campsite at Grand Teton National Park – we arrived!

Our second day on the road was less eventful than the first – thankfully – unless you call zig-zagging between states eventful.  The boys enjoyed every time we’d see a new “welcome to our state” sign.  I think they got their fill in one day.

The drive was beautiful… we drove by meadows, vast green grazing lands, meandering creeks and rivers, green forests, and mountains.  The landscape was much more green – and less “red” (Nate’s description) – than our first day, and the temperature was much more reasonable as well.  Yes, despite a long day of driving, it felt like we were definitely on vacation.

We arrived at Grand Teton’s Signal Mountain Campground at 9:30pm… we’re getting earlier!  Fortunately, we wouldn’t have to move again for at least 5 days, so once set up, we’d be good for a bit.  And our longest drives were behind us.

Definitely not the highest point we’d be going to… but it was the highest point of the day. And the Tahoe had to work to get there!

You know you’re in Elk Country when they make arches with antlers… big thing in WY, we saw at least 3 towns with Elk antler arches.