Jackson Hole, WY to Jackson Hole, WY
Rain, rain, go away. The storms caused us to slow down a little bit today. We stayed in the camper, reading books, updating the blog, and keeping Patch calm. These days on the trip are so important. Slowing down felt really, really good.
The rain stopped around 1:00pm and we decided today should be the day we spend in downtown Jackson. While it would likely be busier, the dogs wouldn’t be as hot in the car.
We went the opposite way through the National Park today and stopped at Oxbow Bend. Omg. This is my favorite place. Ever. No apologies for the amount of pictures I will share from this place as I made Jason revisit it several times. There was a steep hill that quickly lead down to the water and this amazing view. And more thistles of course!
We continued down the road and more and more of the Tetons unfolded themselves to us.
Jackson is such a great town. There is a certain section that is definitely touristy but still so much else that has a cool vibe to it. Jason went for the shopping rounds first and I stuck back with the pups. Some incredible people watching here! Rhode Island plates make our truck pretty popular. 4 kids stopped to say they “found” Rhode Island on their state plate chart. I loved seeing their excitement!
Jason would stop back to the car with bags and I ordered dinner from a pizza place nearby. I really wanted Indian food but the places near were closed. I ordered a pizza with green apples, vegan crumbles, red onion and jalapeños. When I went to pick it up, it didn’t look right. I rechecked what I ordered and this was definitely not my pizza. Arg. Weird thing is- they shut down from 4-5pm every night so I had to wait to call them a back and figure it out. Arg.
Once they reopened they made me my pizza. Jason is getting a free pizza for dinner and he doesn’t even know it yet! He isn’t a vegan cheese lover so I knew he would be excited at least.
It was my turn to walk around 5:30pm. Stores were set to close at 7:00 so I picked the few places I had researched and got going. I forgot to tell Jason that I read this weird thing about a shootout happening daily at 6pm in the square… directly across the street from where we were parked. Shit.
Jason was walking the pups around the square actually when he noticed a man dressed in an old style western costume with a gun in his hands. He knew something was up. He was on the phone with his mom and barely had time to react when BOOM! Shots (fake) fired! Patch freaked out and raced back toward the car, never to calm down again it seemed. I was blissfully shopping away and never heard the commotion outside. Jason’s face when I returned to the truck said it all. That’s when I remembered I had read it happened there daily. Oops. 😬
Jason spent his time in the truck researching our next adventure… Yellowstone! The anticipation was killing me but I was also just so damn happy to be here in the Tetons. A dream for sure.
I was just about finished with the first book in the Outlander series which I brought along with me as well as books we borrowed from the Thornley’s (thanks Jon, Nicole, and Jayna!). I can’t tell you the last time I read a book for pleasure. I need this in my life too.
Jason wasn’t hungry because he ate the whole pizza but I had brought left overs home. I’m sure you could see the disappointment that the vegan cheese was on that pizza. People who aren’t vegan don’t get it- vegan cheese doesn’t melt the same way….but it definitely gets crispy if you do it right.
I decided to remedy the issue and get my crisped up cheese onto my pizza, same as I had in Telluride with the cheese tacos.
Vegan On the Rhode 