Another long day on the road headed toward Grand Teton National Park, we left early and soon found ourselves on the belt-loop surrounding Salt Lake City, Utah. It was interesting to see the city as it sprawled into the surrounding suburbs yet downtown remained nestled into the base of the mountains. As appealing as it was made to sound, we opted to forgo a dip in the great salt lake being as the ground was still littered with snow and the wind was blowing a cold front through the area. Salt lake soon gave way to more mountainous highway as we wound our way through the towns that surrounded Bear Lake- a place known for its raspberries and summer water sports, each town seemed more deserted than the last.
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As we drove, it became apparent that we wouldn’t be making it to the park that day, so as we wound our way north having dipped our foot into the state of Idaho, we now found ourselves driving north on highway 89 alongside the flooded Snake River in Wyoming. Passing through each small town, we were looking for any of the recognizable signs for forest service land where we could camp for free. Thankfully, in the town of Alpine, some helpful women at the grocery store were happy to help direct us towards our campsite for the night.
A long dirt road riddled with pot-holes ran along the side of the raging Grey Creek taking us away from the world of pavement- for a few hours anyway.
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