Before this summer, I had never camped (at least not since I was old enough to remember.) But for some reason, we decided a week-long camping trip in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks would be a fun adventure. In preparation, we took a single overnight camping trip with a few friends a few weeks ago, and then set off for seven days on our own.
As it turns out, car camping is very similar to backpacking/hosteling, with the exception that while camping you can actually pay $2 to get a hot shower (unlike many third world countries we’ve visited.) The bed is more comfortable, too. So despite having little to no direct camping experience, our trip went off without a hitch. We enjoyed the fresh mountain air, took a long 75 mile bike ride, floated on the lake in a canoe, and wandered the geological sights of Yellowstone. It was a great, relaxing trip.
Here are a few images of the rocky Tetons and explosive Yellowstone. (The last one was taken on my iPhone, so the image quality is a little lower than usual.) I hope everyone had a happy Labor Day Weekend!
