May 26-28, 2008--Beyond Grand Teton

Saturday and Sunday were also lousy weather days. We rode into Jackson on Saturday to see the big Western Days events, but they were rained out. Sunday we drove to Colter Bay and Jackson Lodge. Colter Bay visitor center was open as were the store and the rv campground. Cecil, the marina is now full of water and the ice has all melted. It looked normal. We walked around Jackson Lodge and went in all the stores, but nothing struck our fancy so it was back to the campground for us.

Monday we left Grand Teton National Park and headed for Bear Lake State Park in Idaho. According to the weather channel it was warmer in southeast Idaho! Well, after driving in rain for most of the day, we arrived at Bear Lake State Park—we were the only ones to arrive! We had the place to ourselves.
It was a nice park, but the lake was low so you had to walk about one half mile to get to the water from the boat ramp!

Tuesday we left Bear Lake and rode back to Montpelier to visit the Oregon and Pioneer Trail Museum. It was an interesting stop. We were the only ones on the tour. We just missed three bus loads of middle schoolers who toured the museum!

From Montpelier we headed for Craters of the Moon National Monument. We planned to camp there and then go on to Mountain Home AFB near Mountain Home, Idaho near the Oregon border.