The Tetons were hidden in the clouds when we first got there but began to clear as we drew alongside. We did not make any side road trips, but the view from afar was still breathtaking.
Continuing on south on US Hwy 89 through Jackson and on to Thayne, Wy. where we stopped for the night at a private campground. It was just a plain campground, nothing fancy, but it slept good.
We had an interesting camper next to us.
This is a Mercedes Unimog (I believe that's what it is called). The campers were a youngish couple and their little kid - looked to be about 2. The guy was busy checking out his vehicle while the woman sat and entertained the kid on a blanket spread on the ground. The kid kept escaping and mom would chase him down and then try to occupy him back on the blanket. She was not very successful. After all, the kid was 2.
The following morning I hauled out the water hose and squeegee and was washing the windshield when the next door neighbor came out. I spoke with him and as it turned out, they were a German family and had brought their vehicle over by ship. They had landed in Canada and had worked their way across Canada and had turned south through the U.S. They, like us, had just finished Yellowstone. However, we were about to head east toward home. They were heading for Mexico! What a trip. That kid will be ready for school by the time they get back home.
We continued on south on Hwy 89. It took a slight jog across the state line into Idaho then back into Wyoming and picked up US Hwy 30. Taking Hwy 30 on toward Kemmerer, Wy., we came upon Fossil Butte National Monument...never heard of it, so we decided to look around. It was an interesting side trip. Fossil Butte is an area "where some of the world's best preserved fossils are found". We toured the roads around the park then stopped at the visitors center.
Interesting, but I had forgotten to pack my geologists tools, so we headed on down to Manila, Ut. and the Flaming Gorge KOA for the night. Flaming Gorge KOA is a nice RV resort, but we were there one day before it officially closed for the season, so it was pretty empty. It was a relaxing stop.
