Sunday morning we slept in.  The kids had in room cereal, then we hit the road at around 10:30 or so.  We eventually made our way through Twin Falls, Idaho – must have taken over an hour to travel the 40 miles to Twin Falls and then navigate slowly through town.  Saw a Sonic burger, and Dusty decided we’d find another one for lunch.  We crossed over  the Snake River Canyon but didn’t stop – I assumed we’d see the Snake River plenty and find better places to stop.  Reached Pocatello and couldn’t find a Sonic burger, so we settled for Wendy’s.  Reached Idaho Falls – the only other significant town we’d seen in Idaho other than Twin Falls.  Thirty miles or so outside Idaho Falls it started to get scenic as the foothills of the Tetons emerged.   In Swan Valley we cross the Snake River for the last time and headed up into the hills.  We stopped at Teton Pass to take a few pictures, then headed into Jackson.  Overall we weren’t too impressed with Idaho.  Nicer than Nevada, but no casinos and nothing worth stopping for. 

In Jackson we made a quick stop to buy ice, then parked the van near downtown and started shopping.  Dusty bought 2 Teton Brewing company T-Shirts, Kathy got a moose T-shirt, CJ got one that said 

Feed the Bears
Walk up and pet the Moose
Let your kids ride the Buffaloes
Drive fast and pass on curves
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Robby got one with a sign that said ‘don’t feed the bears’ and a bear wearing antlers,holding a sign that said ‘I am not a bear’.  After asking a local we had dinner at Mile High Pizza Pie, then headed into Teton National Park.  Found Jackson Lake Lodge – which is really about a couple of miles from Jackson Lake - and checked in.   There are about 48 rooms in the lodge itself, presumably with views.  There are also hundreds of ‘cottages’ (read: motel rooms), none of which have views.  At dusk we headed over to the back of the Lodge, which overlooks the meadow, the lake, and the mountains.  Well over a hundred others were there as well, and eventually we were all rewarded with a sighting of over 50 elk around half a mile away in the meadow.  We thought we saw a moose in the distance as well, and the kids saw a moose near the lodge below us that disappeared.

Tetons from Jackson Lake Lodge
Dozens of elk appear nightly in the clearings of Willow Flats