Vacation Day 5

Day 5: Bryce Canyon, UT to Driggs, ID

Estimated Mileage: 553 miles
Estimated Driving Time: 9.2 hours

This was our longest driving time in one day. It took us almost 12 hours again, including mutiple stops for potty, food, etc. Our route was mostly on Interstate 15, which is sort of like the American Autobahn. It had a speed limit mostly of 75 mph, but there were large portions with 80 mph! I took advantage of this...

... and it was a good thing, too. We rolled into our Best Western Motel in Driggs, Idaho at 9:30pm and found out their front desk closed at 10pm. We would have lost our reservation if we came more than 30 minutes later!

The scenery in Idaho as we came up to the Tetons was amazing. Unfortunately, I don't have any good pictures since we were arriving when it was almost dark. Here's a picture I took off the web:



It looked even more impressive than this, though, because at this time of year, there was quite a lot more snow on the peaks, perhaps more like this picture:



Well, here's a couple of pictures we ourselves took:



Rebekah got a little tired of driving all day




Rachel appears happy... in this picture at least!




Here is our van loaded down with all our junk, plus two adorable children




In Idaho Falls we stopped to get dinner and I bought a really nice "Easy-Up" Canopy that would provide us some protection from too much sun or rain the next time we camped. It barely fit in the back of our van.




Here's our motel the next morning.




And here is the view of the Tetons from our motel.