Jackson Hole Getaway

Monday and Tuesday Scott and I went on a little vacation. My parents were here for Joshua's birthday, so they stayed a few extra days and took care of the kids while we were gone. Scott's office planned a sales meeting in Jackson Hole and they invited spouses to come along. We got up early Monday morning and drove to the airport. We got to fly on the company's plane, so there was no standing in lines for check-in and no security checks. There are 5 sales people at Scott's office, and three of them brought spouses, so there were 8 of us in all. The flight from Boise to Jackson was just an hour long. When we landed in Jackson, we got off the plane, and immediately a fleet of rental cars surrounded us. The drivers of the cars got out and loaded our luggage from the plane to our rental car (ours is the red one closest to the camera). It was really quite amazing--I told Scott I could get used to such fine treatment.


We then drove to our hotel and had breakfast at the hotel. Then the guys went to the conference room to start their meeting, and I checked into our room. I spent the rest of the afternoon dozing on the bed and enjoying the cable TV (we don't have cable at home). I spent the whole time watching the home and garden channel with all the house makeover projects. I joined Scott in the conference room for lunch, then went back to our room to sleep and watch TV till his meeting ended at 5. Then we joined up with the others from his office and went to a dinner/theater at the Jackson Playhouse. We had dinner and dessert, then moved into the theater to see "Annie Get Your Gun". It was great--very entertaining.

Tuesday was a free day for us to do whatever we wanted. Scott decided to ditch me and go golfing with a couple of the other sales people. I had to eat breakfast by myself, pack by myself, and load up the rental car by myself. Check out was at 11, and Scott didn't get done golfing till after 2, so I had 3 hours to wander around Jackson by myself. I was more than a little upset that Scott had decided to golf instead of spending time with me, and I let him know it when I met back up with him after golf (he still owes me big time). During the three hours I had to myself, I drove up and took pictures of the Tetons by the sign for Grand Teton Park.



Then I went to the Visitor's Center just outside of Jackson. I wandered around there for a while looking at the stuffed animals they had (and took lots of pictures to show the kids).





Then I wandered around town for a bit and got a picture of the big antler arch to show the kids.



Finally Scott got done golfing and we met back up. We had lunch at a pizza place in town, then drove into Grand Teton National Park and up to Jenny's Lake.




After walking around the lake a bit, we drove to a place called "Mormon Row". Five mormon families settled there a hundred years ago. The government bought their land when they expanded Grand Teton National Park, and the families moved into the town of Jackson, but most of their original buildings still stand there.






By then it was time to head back to the airport. But first we took the time to snap some pictures of Bison that were grazing along the road. Don't worry, I kept my distance from them and took all the pictures from inside the car (I just have a good zoom on my camera).




Then we drove to the airport, boarded the plane, and enjoyed the hour flight back to Boise.




We came back completely spoiled and wishing we could live that kind of lifestyle all the time. And although it was just a short trip, it was really wonderful to get away together without the kids. I found myself once again so grateful that Scott works for such a great company. They really do spoil us.