Boondocking outside of Grand Teton, again
During our two week stay outside of Grand Teton it had been pretty quite. Our days were two weeks of work days surrounding the weekend yak-packing. There was not much time to do much else. No hiking, or climbing, or kayaking… just work, and a little socializing with neighbors at our favorite boondocking spot in the country.
The day we arrived we pulled into a group that had already claimed *the* spot on the hill. Aaron & Amanda Earles, as well as Joe and Rhonda Hendricks coaxed our arrival a day early. And with the Hendricks planning to leave for Yellowstone two days later, we inherited their spot, possibly to the dismay of everyone else camped nearby as all were eyeballing the two or three spots that had the massive view of the Tetons.
During our weekend yak-packing, Conor came up from Colorado to watch over the dogs and the trailer. This was his final chance to do some camping before getting prepared for his military deployment. We made sure to leave him a full tank of water and an empty gray tank just to be sure. I cleared it with him, “you know about water conservation in the trailer, right?” and he responded with an affirmative. However, upon our return 48 hours later, he had somehow gone through all 40 gallons of fresh water in the tank! I’m still not sure how he did that without showers, but I will be sure to give him flak about it for years to come.
Kerri’s Instagram prowess found us meeting up with yet another new full-timing couple; Cory & Andy, who just happened to be camping a hundred yards away. Invitations were sent out for a night with cocktails and getting to know each other, and we did just that. It was my turn later in our stay, with a Van+Airstream combo pulling up that I had recognized from Instagram; Steve & Tess, also fairly new to the road, had just started following me the day prior.
We finally pulled out after 13 days camped in our favorite spot, and completing nearly 5 months stay in the Colorado/Wyoming area. We arrived in Colorado back in April, to the winter just finishing and leave Wyoming with freezing overnight temperatures just beginning again. We turn back into Idaho to visit lands we both have never been too before.
As a consolation prize for reading this far I leave you with a photo taken by Joe Hendricks of Kerri and myself during our stay…
… and Kerri’s Instagram photos
Love the photo of you two.
:)
Somehow I missed this comment about Conor. When he’s here he takes at least 3 showers a day. While we’ve got 1200 gals of water, the pressure pump only holds 35 gals and every time it recharges it uses 900 watts of power. That’s a bit steep after the sun goes down.
Pat