We were in Gros Ventre campground in Grand Teton National Park for four weeks and saw a lot more than last year, but there is still more to explore the next time we visit. The Tetons have had, without doubt, more wildlife than we have seen in any single park so far.
Joani found us a park near Provo, UT with full hook-ups. After a month of rationing water and having to run the generator to charge batteries, full hook-ups sounded like quite a treat! She actually had planned a stop (overnighting at a Flying J) halfway (to go easy on the driver). But, the thought of a long, long, hot shower kept me driving straight through to the Springville/Provo KOA, a whopping 343.4 miles (70,331.9 total).
The scenery during our drive was fantastic!
A little of the rolling hills and curves can be seen in the picture below. About half of the day's driving was on secondary roads and a half was on Interstate highways. I usually prefer the secondary or back roads, since the scenery is almost always better. Often, the back roads have better pavement and less traffic as well.
As far as we could remember, this was our first stay in a KOA park (usually too pricey). We wanted to stay for a while with the hope that the weather would cool a bit before moving on to the southeast Utah parks and Moab. Staying for a month also made the daily rate more affordable. This park had just recently become a KOA park and seemed to have just about everything we could ask for (a jacuzzi would have been nice, but no). It was clean and not too crowded. We picked a site close to the pool and laundry (a months worth of dirty clothes awaited me) and settled in. Later in the afternoon, as the sun hung low in the west, we were treated to a beautiful sunset - what a great end to a long day!
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