Day 6...

Wrote the 13th...

Our hotel in Pinedale was perfect! We stayed at Hampton Inn, very nice and good value for the money. ( 130 USD)... During our roadtrip we've had double rooms..usually you can pick between two queensize (ca 160 cm) or 2 kingsize (ca180 cm), which is enough for 3 adults and a child. Jamie has her own travelbed. We try to put both kids to sleep around 7.30...then we have a couple of hours to relax a little... I guess thats the biggest difference to travel with two small kids, no late bar nights here
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Anyway last night we ate one of the best pizzas I' ve ever had! It was a stonebaked oven pizza made with a bbq sauce over the crust instead of tomato based. And then all fresh cut chicken file, pineapple, bacon, red bell peppers, and good mozzarella cheese..mmm..and a good local brewery "5 barrel pale Ale" to that... Mom and me also tried a good Merlot from Bogle winery...really good wine!

In the morning we walked around downtown Pinedale. A gorgeous little town! Small shops with local products, outdoorgear, Western and mountain style shops..We could visited here for hours but we were eager to go to Jackson Hole and Teton National Park! The weather looked more promising today..litte scattered clouds but no rain..

We had a short very beautiful and scenic road up to Jackson. That road 191 must be one of my favourites...amazing nature and surrounded by mountains most of the way...Jackson Hole is a very hip skiresort and you could feel the atmosphere even in the summertime.. we stopped for ribs at Bubba's place..not the best ribs but they had a big salladsbar. In Jackson Mom wanted to go river rafting but I guess she has to do that another time...This whole area is an outdoors paradise you'll find it all! We drove north up to Grand Teton national park. Sunshine and warm outside, we have been a little spoiled with not having so much other cars and people around us in northern Colorado and Wyoming but here it felt crowded... I know me and Carolina felt the same after been to many "empty" np when we came to Yosemite.. Teton is a park you need to hike or bike in to really see...  We walked to Jenny Lake and slowly cruised besides the mountain range. Highest peak here is the Grand Teton with 13770 ft..and again breathtaking views...

This night we had a little trouble to find somewhere to sleep without paying a fortune.. almost all accomodation around the tetons were fullbooked and what was left at least 280 usd per room.. we didnt expect so much people here in early september but on a friday...The thing is that in this area it takes long time to drive to the parks..so even if its not so many miles on the map it takes.several hours to nearby cities cause you have to drive in the Tetons or Yellowstone to get anywhere ( like to West Yellowstone, a town with plenty of hotels..) Well we decided not to take a big risk of possibly end up with no food ( almost out in our cooler) ..or beds. So we stopped right before the southern entrance of Yellowstone and stayed at Flaggranch in one nice cabin for 159 usd. ( they only had two left..) Kinda expensive for that but charming and better than other options..and we had a nice cabin with showers and so. In the restaurant they offered locally produced food from the region..like trout, burgers made of bison, buffalo chilli... I had the chilli, delicious..
After the girls feel a sleep me,mama and Jared sat outside in three rocking chairs, looked for wildlife and finished the wine, a perfect way to end the day!

Today we didn't drive so many miles but from Pinedale to Southern entrance of Yellowstone it was still 190 km..

Yellowstone tomorrow!