Summer in Yellowstone - The Last Days

Other posts in this series:
Summer In Yellowstone - Getting There
Summer in Yellowstone - Sunday Morning
Summer in Yellowstone - Sunday afternoon & Canyons lodging
Summer in Yellowstone - Mammoth Hot Springs and the Lamar Valley
Summer in Yellowstone - The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone
Summer in Yellowstone - The Last Days

And finally it was Wednesday and time to leave.  We'd planned to get an early start, knowing we had a long drive ahead of us.  Yet we both woke up earlier than planned which meant we could get a jump-start on our day.  By 6:30 we were out the door in the 29F weather (hasn't this place heard of summer?!) and on our way.  Since we hadn't yet had a chance to check out the scenery we left the park by taking the road to Grant's Village and had breakfast there.  The food was much the same as in the dining room at Canyon Village but it was nice to have a change indoor scenery.

We drove out through the park and made several stops in Grand Teton when we saw more breathtakingly beautiful scenery like this:

The Tetons overlooking Jackson Lake

We hated to leave but it was time to get on the road back to Salt Lake City.  We had a great time at dinner with our friend S and her family who invited us to their home.  The next day before our flights we were able to have lunch with S and our friend J one last time.  Then we were off to our respective cities, another great vacation ended.