Wednesday, July 21st. The only town we've seen since coming to the Tetons is Jackson, Wyoming. It is close (40 minutes or so, depending on traffic), has decent restaurants, and two good grocery stores. A person could go all season and get almost everything you need in Jackson. But, there is no Carino's Italian restaurant... it's one of our favorites when we're home, and I've been missing it. So, we planned a trip to the big city of Idaho Falls... with a Wal-Mart, a Sam's Club, a Best Buy, AND a Carino's.
Plugging all those into the GPS, it not only told us where, but gave us the most efficient routing to. Heading to Idaho Falls, we took the road over Teton Pass... beautiful views of the valley, and 10% grade up and down! Glad we weren't towing the 5th wheel and cargo trailer over this pass.
Lunch at Carino's was as satisfying as I had hoped. The food was good, our waiter had a good sense of humor. We had received an e-mail certificate for my birthday for a free dessert... what's not to like? Wally World and Sam's had all the toiletries and supplies we needed, and Best Buy took care of my iPad search.
The ride back was via another route, mostly along the Snake River... equally beautiful, not as steep as over Teton Pass. It's a 3 hour drive to the "big city," so this won't be a regular trek... but it was a welcome change of pace and a beautiful drive.
Mother Nature put on quite a lightning show both over and back. Heavy rain over one of the passes in Idaho, with a bit of hail. When we were close to home on the way back, we saw lightning strike one of the peaks. We later heard about the helicopter rescue to get climbers off the Grand Teton...
http://www.kpvi.com/story.php?id=23497&n=15206
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