8/20/08 - Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

We drove back to the Old Faithful part of Yellowstone because we didn’t see the thermal area behind Old Faithful a couple of days before and it was on the way out of the park going to Grand Teton. There are many geysers in this area. A few erupt every day and some sporadically, but they are not as predictable as Old Faithful. One we saw was Lion, it didn’t go as high but it lasted longer. Then we saw Bee Hive -- it was fantastic, it was much higher than Old Faithful and lasted about 5 minutes. Old Faithful lasts about 1 minute. Jim said he thought when he was here 45 years ago that Old Faithful was much higher. Then we drove on to Grand Teton National Park. The road passes through John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway after it leaves Yellowstone and before Grand Teton. Rockefeller donated some of the land for the parks. After we unhooked at the Coulter Bay campground (again no hookups, the hookup area was $55.00 per night versus the $9.00 we paid), we drove some of the park. It was getting late and the sun was going down behind the Grand Tetons.