Drive to Jackson Hole, Wy

September 23rd, 2010 11:35am - Posted By: Tyson

Today we drove 9 hours from Boulder, Colorado to Jackson Hole, WY.  We decided back in July that we would take advantage of a deal we had at a bed and breakfast called The Bentwood Inn.  They are actually a client of the company I work for.  

The drive overall, sorry Wyoming, was quite, how should I put this... drab.  For most of the trip we were hoping for amazing scenery that everyone was telling us about.  Well, for those who have never done this drive before you will think all beautiful scenery is lost and keep asking yourself why the hell did you decide to drive 9 hours through Wyoming.

On the way up we stopped only a couple times to fill up and grab something to eat.  We decided to try a place called Taco Time in Rock Springs, WY.  Um, if you want to eat the worst mexican style food in your life, we HIGHLY recommend Taco Time.  I guess we should have guessed it was going to taste like camel butt by the name.  Oh well.

Finally, around hour 8, and a handful of construction delays the scenery turned.  Like night and day we were in a whole new area with beautiful changing trees, mountains, and rivers.  Whew.  This is what everyone was talking about and we hadn't even seen the main attractions yet, like the Tetons, Jackson Lake, etc.  

We left Boulder around 10 and got to the Bentwood around 7.  Still trying to get the taste of Taco Time out of our mouth we decided to check out the town of Jackson and grab dinner.  We used Urban Spoon, an app on my iPhone that picks places to eat at random around you (yes an app for that) and ended up at a really cool place called the Snake River Brewery.  It had your classic modern pub feel with brewery equipment all over the place.  The food was actually very good.  I took a risk and got a pasta dish which was fantastic.  You never know about straying away from your standard burger and fries at a pub, but this pasta was as good as you would get at a nice Italian restaurant.  

After dinner we called it a night, went back to the Bentwood and crashed.  Amazing how sitting for 9 hours, doing nothing, eating crappy snacks, can make you so tired!

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