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772. Fearlessly Failing: Jackson Hole, Wyoming Travel Special

Jackson Hole, Wyoming Travel Guide:

We spent 5 days in Wyoming, based out of Jackson Hole. We covered load; two national parks, food, whiskey, nature hikes, a spot of shopping and loads of animal sightings! So I’ve split this entry into 5 days, bit like a dairy entry. If you ever plan to traveling to Jackson Hole, The Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park, then this episode is for you!

DAY 1: Jackson Hole:

• LAX > Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The flight is truly about an hour and half, they tell your its 2 hours because you have to get a little bus from LAX to the regional terminal if you book via American Airlines, it didn’t take up too much time at all, just something to be aware or.
• Hot tip: try to get seats on the right side of the plane for your flight in! The views are pretty darn breathtaking!
• Straight off the plane to the Great Teton Visitor Centre to get our bearings and local tips
• From there we went to lunch at this famous spot called Dornan’s which has epic views of the Grand Teton mountains. It’s known for its pizza and beer, we got both! Lots of GF options too. This is a great first stop from the airport.
• Then we went to Mormon Row which is a cluster of houses all with the mountains around them, super pretty. We were told to look out for moose in this spot but didn’t see any (not yet anyway)
• Then we checked in to our cabin in town, its called The Rustic Inn, super sweet vibes on a creek, we loved it!
• We walked around town, the shopping is brill, so def leave room in your suitcase when you pack for this trip. Lees Tee’s has the best value Tees, hats and merch.
• It had been snowing so it was pretty cold (but also stunning), just a 10 min walk from our accommodation.
• We stayed at the Rustic Inn which is located right at the entrance of town, you can literally walk into the heat of town within 10 mins, so easy!
• We walked back into town for dinner at the iconic Million Dollar Cowboy Steakhouse, we had a whiskey upstairs then went downstairs for a lovely steak, potatoes and Brussels sprouts.

DAY: 2 Yellowstone National Park:

• This is a big day, so if you can start early (we didn’t start super early, but we also didn’t get back til after dark)
• When driving from Jackson Hole enter at the South Entrance of Yellowstone, there’s loads of signs so its really easy to follow getting there.
• Here’s our tour guide, I got most of these tip from researching online how to do Yellowstone in one day. You can defiantly take longer, 3 days would have been perfect. But we just had the day and it was unreal. Yellowstone is the largest and oldest National Park in America
• We started with Old Faithful, its an erupting geyser and has loads of thermal pools around it, feels like you’re on another planet! It only irrupts every 90 mins or so, so when you arrive find out when it’s going to go off so you can time your hikes and gift shop visit around it (this gift shop is a goodie and because its end of season, it had some good deals.
• Then we drove thru the mud pools and more thermal pools until we got the the grand prismatic spring pool, this one was stunning. Pro tip, the air is hot and everything smells like sulphur, or as Matt said, it smelt like a giant fart. So just be aware that it kind of feels like you’re walking through a party sauna, lol.
• You’ll see loads of bison just chilling by the road and cars are often stopped to let them cross or just watch them, so keep your eyes out for wildlife.
• There’s also heaps of lookouts and trails so feel free to spot along the way.
• When we went to Lamar Valley which is a great bison spot, it’s different terrain to other parts of Yellowstone so you can out for ages at the animals just grazing in the

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