Trek America - Lake Tahoe, Jackson Hole, Yellowstone
"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone"
Before I start I would like to say that I am not affiliated with Trek America, all views/opinions are my own and I just want to share my experience with you all and hopefully give you an insight into what my trip involved if you are looking to do one yourself, which I would definitely recommend!
** I would also like to add that if I state any activities that I took part in, I will be going into more detail with these in a future post.
Tuesday 25th June 2019
Today's destination was Lake Tahoe. We had a lunch stop at another area with an amazing view! During our drive it was so cool to see all the mountains in the distance covered in snow. Its crazy how the weather is so different in each place as you drive around. We arrived at camp later that afternoon and headed out to get some drinks for the evening. Me and a few others bought the Pineapple cider which we were obsessed with. Cat then dropped us off at the beach where we all just chilled out for a few hours. It was a really nice area which I wish we had more time to explore. Tonight we were having chicken fajitas and for afterwards we made smore's with reese's peanut buttercups! Yummy. Later on in the evening a few went with Cat on a hike to watch the sunset.
Wednesday 26th June 2019
It's breakfast time and Cat let us go to Denny's! We were so excited, I chose to have the salted caramel pancakes with banana! It was delicious. We got in the van ready to leave Lake Tahoe and we stopped to have one last look at the lake and take in the views. We also had a quick stop at Lovers Lock, this was a cute little area where you and a loved one write on a lock and attach it to a chain.We were heading to Great Basin Nevada today! One of our stops today was at Scheels which is kind of similar to the Bass Pro shops that are in Tennessee. We had a little look around and then Me, Hayley and Rach decided to have a look around at other shops, we found a Bath and Body Works!! Heaven, but I decided not to buy a lot as we still have quite a bit of time left on the trip. As 4th July was coming up soon Cat wanted to take us to this quirky fireworks shop that she knew about that was run by this proper American man and women. But when we went up to the store it had been closed down by the Nevada fire department due to it being unsafe and dangerous. Only in America ey!! So sadly we were unable to buy any fireworks. We arrived at campground and had our evening meal of sausage, mash and beans. Tonight was our groups turn to do the washing up but it was awful, we had to use a tap from the ground which was only cold water and all the bugs were attacking us, even though we covered ourselves in bug spray it didn't work so afterwards I went straight to my tent for the night.
Thursday 27th June 2019
We were on the road for 5:45am this morning. We stopped off to get gas and to our surprise it had a McDonalds, so guess what? Time to pick up breakfast. One of our stops during this drive was Perrine Bridge and to see Snake River. Back on the road until we stopped off for lunch and then our next visit was the Idaho Potato Museum, yes you read that correct, a museum for potatoes, crazy right? It only took a short walk around and you were done but we got given a free packet of mash. We arrived at camp around 5pm and set up our tents, although me and Rach had difficulty with ours as it kept collapsing so Dean came to the rescue and helped. It was our groups turn to cook again tonight so we made burgers. Cat told us that her friend from back home was coming to meet us. Jackson arrived and told us he drove 8 hours to meet us here so he pitched his tent up for the night and joined us for the evening. After our burgers we headed out back in the van to the Grand Tetons to watch the sunset at the lake. It's so amazing getting these chances to watch sunrise and sunset!
Friday 28th June 2019
I was going horseback riding!! The place was only over the road from our campground so me, Saskia, Jurn and Anna went over for our session. I was so scared as I've never been on a horse before but It was an amazing experience! I think overall we were out for around 2 hours and when we were done we contacted Cat as she was going to drive us into Jackson Hole for the afternoon. We found a restaurant for lunch and I had the steak quesadillas with fries. I just love the food out here in America. We had a little wander around as a group and then headed to this cowboy bar to have a few drinks and cocktails. Me, Rach, Dean & Courtney decided that wanted to go see Toy Story 4 at the cinema so we walked to the cinema which was about half an hour away. The cinema had reclining chairs, so comfy! We could have literally fallen asleep in there which I think a few of us did drift off at some point haha, when the film had finished Cat picked us back up and headed back to camp. I did some laundry and had pasta bolognaise for tea. We lit the camp fire and made smore's.
Saturday 29th June 2019
We are leaving Jackson Hole for Yellowstone National Park! We made a little stop at one of the local stores to buy blankets as Cat said Yellowstone can get quite cold during the night. As usual we had a few stops along the way for photo opportunities. We also stopped to do the Uncle Tom trail to see the "Grand Canyon" of Yellowstone. This was only a small hike so I was able to do it luckily. We also saw some hot springs along the way and stopped to see the Mammoth Hot Springs. Whilst driving in the van we spotted a Wolf, Foxes, a lot of Bison's, a few black bears and we also saw a bear so close to the road so we slowed down and were able to take some photos. People are crazy thought and actually getting out of their cars to do this, but it is so dangerous to do so! We arrived at camp around 7pm and set up our tents but we had to bear proof everything, meaning no food/smelling products, this even meant a top that may have had perfume on! We locked everything away and just kept our suitcases in the trailer for these 2 nights, just in case.
Sunday 30th June 2019
We were up for 5:00am this morning as we were going to watch sunrise. There is more of a chance to see animals at this time of the morning so we all had our fingers crossed. We got in the van in our pyjamas, blankets and sleeping bags and made our way to the spot where Cat dropped us off. We saw a group of Elks at the roadside and 2 Bison's but they were the only wildlife we saw unfortunately. It was really cold so we decided we had enough and came back to camp earlier than planned. Once we were all ready we headed out for the day. We went to go see more hot springs and geysers, then we did a hike to get to the Old Faithful area where we saw more geysers! This area had a few shops and places to eat so I grabbed a cinnamon roll and an ice cream topped with m&ms! We met up with the rest of the group and went back to camp. Because of the early mornings I was so tried so me and a few others decided to head to our tents and have a nap, which mine turned into a few hours which wasn't planned haha. We all got so many bites today from mosquitos. Cat told us that they are quite bad in this area and bite through your clothes, not many sprays work. I was covered. Tonight's tea was hot dogs! We then sat as a group and played cards against humanity with the camp fire lit in the background.
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