As I mentioned last night, we checked in after dark so I couldn't tell what our view was from our balcony. Let me tell you... When I woke up this morning, I was BLOWN AWAY. It was absolutely amazing!
We went to bed around 11:00 last night. There is no air conditioning (it was about 60 degrees at 11 last night), so we put the fan in the door to the balcony and fell asleep. I woke up around 1:30 because of the voices on the balcony below us. There was one particularly loud fellow.... He sounded like a cartoon character. Very loud, very California surfer sounding and said 'like' a whole lot. After listening to him prattle on for 1/2 an hour, I finally called the front desk and they had somebody come over and ask them to can it. After that, I slept like a baby. :)
The boys and I headed over to eat some breakfast at the restaurant on site. It was about 57 degrees so we dressed comfortably in pants and long sleeved shirts!
We headed off to our next excursion... a trail ride! Brian and I in the beautiful scenery.
Hudson mounted his horse first... And it was SO cute!
Then Reed...
Then Brian...
We had an hour trail ride which was PLENTY. About 30 minutes in, I was wondering when it would be over. The pros: the scenery was AWESOME! We were up super high and had a great view of the Tetons, Flat Creek, the Elk Refuge and the city of Jackson...
The cons: I haven't been on a horse in years and saddle sore was an understatement. The stirrups had my left knee wrenched in a weird position and it was killing me by the time we were done. Besides that, it was awesome! :)
After our ride, we went back to the room to change (it had gotten considerably warmer by this point) and then headed to the National Museum of Wildlife Art.
It had great reviews on Trip Advisor, however, we did not enjoy it. We just got some pics in front of the giant animal sculptures. :) However, we did enjoy the cafe inside the museum though. The food was great and the view couldn't be beat.
Next we headed over to the Alpine Slide. It's a ride that you take a gondola up the side of the mountain (Hudson and I with Jackson in the background)...
another shot of Jackson...
And then you sit on a little sled thing and go down this concrete track (sorta like a bobsled). It was SO much fun! The handle in the middle was the break - pull it towards you to brake, push it away to go fast... And man, you could go fast! We had a blast!
The boys had been begging to go swimming, so we headed back to the hotel to spend a couple of hours in the pool before going to dinner. We're off to bed to rest up for Yellowstone tomorrow!
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