Grand Teton National Park

We used up all of our superlatives at Glacier, but they apply here as well. Wow. Amazing. Beautiful. Tetonic, even.

We've learned a lot about plants, animals, and geology on this trip but here we've experienced a uniquely human phenomenon: the "struggle for the campsite upgrade."

Our standard M.O. at a new park is to find a site, occupy it, and pay for one night. If it turns out OK (no noisy neighbors, not too near a bathroom, etc.) we then re-up for the duration of our visit prior to the next day's checkout time (usually around 10 or 11). This morning after our return from the bathroom at 8:30 we found that someone was trying to claim our site even though our car and tent were still there. Pretty wild. Scott hustled to re-up and found cars, trailers, RVs and walkers circling the campground looking for people who were checking out this morning.

It's beautiful here:
We had lunch on the logs by Snake River. First time we've ever forded a river for a picnic spot.