The hills are alive……with the sound of Hummels

We got up early on Thursday, got the car packed (boy are we getting good at *that*), and were on the road out of Steamboat Springs by 6:30am. We had a drive to Jackson Hole.....Wyoming was awaiting us. We crossed our third state border at around 9am

At about noon, we stopped at a nice park for a picnic.  We are so thankful that the girls are still young enough that when they see a park, they want to play on it.  The girls played on the playground while we made lunch. It was a beautiful day.

Ok, so it's not that bad that Sherri keeps waking me up at the crack of dawn.  Because of this, we got into Jackson Hole at about 3pm with enough time to actually enjoy the village. Teton Village is a very quaint place, and we talked about possibly coming back up here to ski. We took a short walk over to the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Tram and took the tram to the top of the mountain (10,450 ft). It was absolutely beautiful! There was a 360 degree view from the top and the girls were especially excited at seeing snow. We stopped for a moment of silence for our family and friends in Arizona who are suffering through 115+ degree heat. 

Here is the tram!

Grand Teton in the background

We hiked for a while and then the girls played in the snow.  Ashley even made a snow man! Believe it or not, one of the snowman’s eyes was made of bunny poop. The nose was made out of a pine cone. Well done, Ashley. Well done.

The hills are alive......with the sound of Hummel........ Wait, wrong vacation. Guess we'll have to wait until our next sabbatical to do a European Vacation.

One of the claims to fame of this tram is a small restaurant at the top that serves “World famous waffles”.  We had decided to have this wonderfully nutritious meal as our dinner and headed over there at about 5:05pm. We walked into the restaurant, which was hotter than a sauna, and found out that they shut down their waffle makers at 5pm. So, we did a little more sightseeing at the top of the mountain and then headed down the tram for some dinner. We ate at a nearby restaurant and then headed back to our room to get into our swimsuits.  The pool was very cool…. It had indoor and outdoor sections of the pool, and you had to swim under a wall to get from one to the other. It also had waterfalls, a couple of hot tubs, and a fire pit. 

After hanging out in the pool for a while, we went back to the room to get some sleep in preparation of another exciting day. This is just a guess here but I'm thinking it will be another early one...