Well another semi rough night with no hookups in the RV. The battery did not hold and we awoke to an alarm from the fridge around 1:30am. We went to the old tricks that got us to 4:30am, and then 6:45, and finally 8am. No idea what’s going on other than it seems that batteries can not handle a load when it gets cold at all. Note during the day today it seems the solar also stopped charging. We took our time getting going this morning and had breakfast and left the campground around 11am to head over to the visitor center.

We got to the visitor center and went inside to learn about the Grand Tetons. Turns out this national park was the brainchild of Horace Albright backed by John D. Rockefeller Jr.. Even with Rockefeller’s money they apparently could not get the US government to take it off their hands after it was completed and took some pretty heavy convincing by Rockefeller to get Roosevelt to take his land holdings turn it into a national monument, which eventually after 1950 became part of the national park. Julie and Ellie did a scavenger hunt, Ellie wanted her independence and did not want Julie’s help but after Julie started fixing her mistakes and that really made Ellie upset. The first shop was closed because their cash register was broken so that was disappointing. We had lunch in the RV and headed across the street to catch our ride for the raft ride down the snake river.

This raft ride by far was a highlight of the trip. Captain Matt was an amazing tour guide and had a lot of things to tell us about the formation of the national park and how the river has changed over the years and even a lot in the last 4 years. Including some paths not to go down, referring to them as they kill us all paths. While on the raft we saw Bald Eagles, Bald Eagle Nests, Osprey, Canada Geese, Pronghorns, Pelicans, but No Moose. Matt kept telling us to pray for others to see moose and well I guess they did because we did not. The 2.5 hours of the raft trip flew by and before we knew it we were back at the visitor center. We got in the RV for a long long long long drive.

We stopped for dinner, took a gamble at a truck stop and lost. The dinner was by far something we all hope to forget soon enough. I would not recommend the country fried steak in Idaho Falls, ID. The last few hours of the trip were lets just say, not fun, but we arrived safely in Wells NV at a nice RV campground with a level pull through and very simple hookups.