Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Day 16


We woke up for the last time in Yellowstone and prepared to hit the road. We did not go far, just a little south to Grand Teton National Park. The mountains were so amazing that Dani swore they were fake. We got set up at Colter Bay where they were out of electric sites, so we continued our boondocking experience.

Once we were set up we headed to the visitors center to find some good trails and finally decided to buy some bear spray. A word to the wise, if you plan on buying bear spray, buy it before getting to the park, they crank up the price on everything…

We decided to do a short loop over by Two Oceans Lake and have a nice lunch at Grand View Point. When we got back, we headed to a ranger talk on Grizzly 399. It was an interesting and sad story that we were glad we got the opportunity to hear. It is crazy that bears only have about 1/3 of their cubs survive. Grizzly 399 lost quite a few cubs over the years to various causes, but many including the most recent (June 2016) were human related. We found out that her stomping grounds were where we were just hiking. We have mixed emotions about running into a grizzly bear. On one hand it would be awesome to see, but on the other hand I am not so sure we would want to tango…












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