Teton Pioneer Day 2

An Adventures by Disney Trip to Wyoming

July 10, 2006

Breakfast today was in the Silver Dollar Grill at the Wort Hotel. According to our Daily Quest, we could eat anytime between 6:30 and 9:00 am. We headed to eat around 8:00. We were seated and started looking at the menu. Another Adventurer, Antoinette, arrived shortly after us and we invited her to join us for breakfast since we had not ordered yet.

Nikki ordered a skillet with eggs, sausage potatoes and other good stuff. Kelsie ordered silver dollar pancakes from the kids menu and Regan and I ordered breakfast burritos. Shortly after we ordered, Christy joined us for breakfast. Service was pretty slow and we barely finished by 9:00 which was our designated time to meet the rest of the group in the lobby of the Wort. Luckily there were several others in the restaurant still.

We headed to the lobby where people had begun to gather. Chris told us we could get on the motor coach so we all began boarding. Once on the motor coach, We began our ride up to the Tetons for our mountain bike ride.

We passed Moose Junction and then made a right hand turn onto a road that took us back to where we would be biking. There was a herd of Bison (buffalo) in the field. After Ray, our bus driver, parked the bus we all got off and met Stephan, our bike guide.

Stephan and his co-workers helped us all get fitted for bike helmets, bikes and for the older folks, gel seats. We began our bike ride on Mormon Row. Just down the road a little is a famous barn that you will see in many photos of the Tetons. We stopped here for group photos.

Our bike ride was 8 miles total, about half on dirt roads and trails and about half on paved roadways. It was an awesome experience to be biking in this beautiful country. We were all provided water bottles on our bikes and were encouraged to drink a lot. At about the half-way mark we stopped so we could refill our bottles and rest. The last 2 miles of the ride was down hill and a perfect way to see the Tetons and cool down from the ride.

Stephan was a great guide, full of interesting information about the Tetons and Jackson area. After our ride, once we were all back on the motor coach Stephan presented us with our second pin that said "Teton Explorer". We then left for lunch in Jackson.

We pulled up in front of the Jackson Playhouse and Saddle Rock Family Saloon where we were going to have lunch. The tables were pre-set and we were all seated by the hosts and hostesses. There was a salad on the table served in an aluminium bucket. Since we had ordered our lunch during dinner the night before we didn't have to order. Nikki had ordered tuna salad, Kelsie and Regan had chicken sandwiches and I had a steak sandwich. During lunch the waiters and waitress sang to us and we all sang Happy Birthday to Jakob and Chris gave him a birthday pin. Dessert was a little platter of small desserts that we shared around the table.

After lunch we got back on the motor coach to head off to our river adventure. We had our choice of white water rafting or a float trip. The majority of the group chose white water rafting. Our motor coach stopped at Barker Ewing where we signed our disclaimer and were given wet suits (if we wanted) and water booties. The folks taking the float trip got on a van and were taken to their trip while the rest of us got back on the motor coach and headed for our launch site. Once there we were given time to change if necessary and then were divided into boats and walked down to the Snake River to board. In our boat with Jake as our river guide were: Sue, Doug, Tim, Jonathan, Stephanie, Aislynn, Sam, Janet, Thomas, Christy, Kelsie, Regan and me. We had a great time on the river. It was about two hours on the river and I believe 4 miles.

There was a calm part of the river where people were able to swim if they wanted. A few of the girls on another boat decided to jump in and got right out because it was so cold.

There is a company called Float-O-Graphs that takes photos of the boats as they are going down the river. I couldn't believe how good they were so I purchased 8 of the 9 that they had.

We were the last boat out and so the last one back. After changing and getting back onto the motor coach we headed back to the Wort Hotel.

The Jackson Shootout was scheduled for 6:15 so Nikki and the girls, along with Antoinette went to town square to watch it while I took a quick shower and got into dry clothes. The shootout is celebrating it's 50th year this year and was a fun show.

Dinner was in the Silver Dollar Grill at the Wort and we could order an appetizer, main course and dessert plus a non-alcoholic beverage. I had some very delicious pan seared tuna for an appetizer and bison steak for dinner plus creme brulee for dessert. Kelsie had soup and pasta and creme brulee, Regan had soup and beef fillet and cheesecake and Nikki had salad and beef fillet and a carrot cake.

After dinner the girls went to the gym in the hotel to work out for a while and Nikki and I went on a walk.

Then back to the hotel for bed.