OUR DESTINATION AT LAST

We left Laramie, WY on Thursday morning after an all-night rained pelted the RV and left huge puddles around the campground.  We prepared the dinghy (warming the motor and setting the auxiliary brake) during a sleet storm.  The first picture below shows the big snowflakes coming down and the second picture is of our window thermometer (yes, we know it was attached it upside down) - if you look close you can see the snow accumulated on top of the thermometer.  

 

We continued west traveling into a strong headwind and occasional snow showers which made driving difficult due to the lack of visibility.  During the Wyoming winter, the snow fences, which dot the landscape along both sides of the highway, are severely tested.  Our journey this day took us across the Continental Divide twice.     

We arrived in Rock Springs, WY and battled more strong winds as we set up the RV for the night. The campground WiFi was weak and the Aircard that had provided us with great internet connectivity so far across the county could not hook up with a satellite. NO INTERNET! - it felt like we were totally out of touch, like we were living in pre-historic times, well, maybe pre-internet times.

On Friday we traveled on the last leg of our journey through more snow showers but fantastic scenery.  The pictures below do not do justice to the views we saw.

  

Wyoming trivia for the day.  We passed through Kemmerer, WY, home of the J.C. Penney Mother Store, founded by James Cash Penny in 1902.  Learn this fact so you too can win a trivia night at your local pub. 

Another interesting Western site along the way.  Afton, WY has the World's Largest Elkhorn Arch, which contains over 3,000 elk antlers. The arch is 75 feet wide, and 18 feet above the four lanes of Highway 89 in downtown.

The road for the final 30 miles of our journey to the town of Jackson followed the Snake River,  a beautiful scenic drive.

We felt a sense of accomplishment as we saw the sign welcoming us to our summer home town of Jackson, although many people call it Jackson Hole because the town is in a hole between two mountains.

Although it was REALLY HARD to drive past the turn to our favorite Snake River brew pub, we traveled on to our summer residence.  We are in a nice shady spot in Gros Ventre Campground, located about 10 miles from town.  We have full hook-ups (50 amp electric, water, sewer) and a good opening in the trees for the satellite dish to be able to function.  Ron and Karen, the store managers we will be working for, are in the next campsite.  This is the third summer they have been working at Grand Teton and gave us lots of good pointers about getting settled in our campsite and the job we are facing on Monday morning.