You can read Joseph's posts below for the day-by-day account of our journey. It was a really fun trip - the boys had a great time and we got to explore a new part of the country we hadn't been to yet. Lots of mountains, really small towns, and miles and miles between exits (and gas stations!).
All in all we drove 1879.7 miles over six days. We started in Bellevue Friday afternoon, and spent the night in Spokane, Washington. On Saturday we drove from there across the Idaho panhandle, through Missoula and Butte, Montana, down back into Idaho, and then across the Teton Pass into Wyoming. The Teton Pass is at an elevation of 8000 ft, and it was snowing as we were driving - and starting to stick on the road. Our minivan barely made it on the narrow road with lots of switchbacks.
We spent the next two days in Jackson, which bills itself as the quintessential Western town. It's a very quaint downtown with lots of saloons and restaurants. There was some snow on the ground there, though when we went outside of town there would be as much as 3 feet of snow on the ground. We went skiing at Jackson Hole on Sunday, and drove up into Grand Teton National Park on Monday. Yellowstone National Park is just north of there, but the roads are closed as they are still covered in snow.
On Tuesday we started our journey back - it was snowing again so we detoured south of Teton Pass, and drove into Idaho where we made a short visit at the National Potato Museum (in case you're wondering, Blackfoot Idaho claims to be the world's potato capital!) and Craters of the Moon National Monument - which is an awe-inspiring stretch of 6-million year old lava flows. The scenery on this part of the trip was particularly beautiful, as it was sunny and we could actually see the tops of mountains. We ended Tuesday in Boise, Idaho, and on Wednesday drove back from there, along the Oregon Trail into Oregon and then into Washington.
You can check out the top ~25 photos from our trip at this link.
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