Day 4 - Say what you see

Day 4 - Big Teats Park

After the luxury (or not... see showers comments) of two nights in the same place, we were ont he move again. First stop: Grand Tetons. Like so many items names in a foreign language, this doesn't sound so good when translated into English. Witness the likely conversation when chromosomes were discovered:

Mrs von Nägeli: What are you doing?
Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli (peering down microscope): I'm just looking at these cells I stained...
Mrs von Nägeli: Didn't you hear me call? It's time for your tea!
Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli (not really listening): Take a look at this!
Mrs von Nägeli (sighing, while peering down microscope to humour him): All I can see is coloured thingies.
Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli: Yes! Coloured thingies! This could be really important!
Mrs von Nägeli (impatiently): You can't really call them 'coloured thingies' though.
Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli: I wonder what the Latin is...
Mrs von Nägeli: Chromosomes. Right. Will you come for tea now?
Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli: S'pose so - all I have to look through this evening is that paper from Gregor about peas. He means well, but I wonder how I can break it to him gently that there's no future in it...

Anyway, that's a roundabout way of saying that Grand Tetons means Big Teats. Though to be fair, the mountains really do look like that.

After lunch, we spent the afternoon walking around in the area - with its massive lake and numerous hiking trails. The Teats themselves are too big and snowy to go up without a proper expidition and equipment, but the trail up to a waterfall, which continues to a viewpoint 7,200 ft above sea level, is nearly as good as I'd imagine that would be.

Our camping venue was Snake River KOA. Our guide explained that KOAs are like the McDonald's of camping - quite a contrast to the more rudimentary Yellowstone site. Grass, flushing toilets, showers, a shop, power outlets and wifi made for a more comfortable experience!