We were so excited for the day ahead, so we go an early start this morning. The mosquito's around here are like swarms of flys or gnats back home. It didn't matter if we had just gotten up in the morning, showered and put bug spray on, they bit you anyways. It was bad in both parks, but the worse place was our campground. I was happy to have a plan of being gone all day.
Love this shot.
It was a beautiful day which made us more excited about the rafting trip today. I made this reservation about 6 months ago and the kids were looking so forward to this trip. We headed into downtown Jackson or what locals call (Jackson Hole). We wondered what the difference was and why some people call it Jackson and some people call it Jackson Hole. Jackson Hole is exactly that, a Hole in the valley, a region or area. Jackson is the actual city. We road a bus to our dropping point in the snake river and road for about 7 miles. The kids hung on their bellies watching the rocks pass under the raft. The water was nearly crystal clear and as cold as ice. It didn't seem to bother the kids at all. They were having too much fun! It was a while before exiting the river and being served a fabulous lunch on the side of the river. We met lots of cool people including our guide! The smiles on my kiddos faces never left until they all fell asleep on the bus ride back into town.
One of the other rafts with us.
The views from the river were breathtaking.
After arriving back in town later that afternoon, we drove back through the Grand Tetons to Yellowstone National Park.
Checking out some of the beautiful scenery.
My handsome guys!
My sweet babies.
Watching and waiting patiently with the hundreds of other people for Old Faithful to erupt. It goes off about every 90 minutes.
Pretty cool when it erupts!
Driving back to camp...
Had to stop at one of the many crossing of the Continental Divide.
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