Aug. 22, 2010, Teton Raft Trip

Aug. 22nd, we all boarded a raft and floated down the Snake River in the Tetons for almost 4 hours. The scenery of the Tetons. in amazing. The trip was fine until the rains and high winds arrived in the last third of the trip.Fortunately, the guide has rain ponchos for us. We were all pretty happy to reach the end of the trip at Deadman's bar on the Snake. We then had a great dinner at the Jackson Lake Lodge. They have a huge window so you get a full view of the Tetons. As we ate a great dinner, a storm sytem moved in, which changed the view of the mountains and of course, Mary, the meteorologist was really excited about that.
On the 23rd we headed north from Colter Bay, through all of Yellowstone and onto the Bear Tooth Pass. For those of you who haved driven on the Bear Tooth Pass, there is a warning of vehicles of 40ft or longer not to drive it. At the start of it, the towns of Silvergate and Cook City, Wyoming are located. The 2 federal forest campgrounds are closed there because of recent grizzly attacks. We didn't see any bears there but were told by a ranger that a brown speck seen along the northeast part of Yellowstone, was a grizzly.
Anyway, Mary was really worried on this trip as I drove up a narrow road up and over the 10,400 ft. mark. It was snow flurrying there. The picture of Beth & I was taken there. The temperature was down in the low 40's or upper 30's.
We then camped in Red Lodge , MT. One tuesday, the 24th, we drove to Billings, MT where Todd, Mary, Sam & Will boarded an airplane and flew back to Wausau. After being with them in our motorhome for 9 days, the quiet was really strange. We sure had fun with them and miss them as we continue our trip west. I miss my helpers, Sam & Will, as they were very important in setting up and taking down the campsite each day.