Day 3: American Falls - Jackson, WY


Monday 9/4
We left the Giesbrechts with the feeling like we are leaving some of our relatives. After a great breakfast with superb waffles we went back onto I-86 east. The 3rd gas station on our tour was in Idaho Falls. Gas is getting a bid less expensive than in California. We continued to pass potato fields and seed producers. And I have to say we heard often people belittling Idaho and their potato farmers, but being here it feels more like a professional breed of people who developed very sophisticated methods of optimizing irrigation, seeding, growing and harvesting in every possible way. In Idaho Falls we pass by high tech tractor dealers and many seed and produce manufacturer who probably looked very different just 10 years ago.

After turning onto HWY 26 we pass by many corn fields which are looking like gold – isn’t California the Golden State? The further east we come the more mountain we see and the greener it gets. More and more trees and higher up into the mountains. Quick stop in Swan Valley where they claim to have one of the best ice creams. We decided to go over the Pine Creek Pass to Victor and then over the Teton Pass to Jackson. Mid day we arrive in Jackson. Wow – what a change. I’ve been here 20 years ago, when it was a touristy but rather sleepy little cowboy town. Jackson reminded us on Zermatt Switzerland at the foot of the Matterhorn.



A very genuine yet almost elegant historic village. We see very nice shops, great restaurants, nice hotels and more Sotheby’s real estate Agents then any other place. Homes are in the Millions of Dollars. Palo Alto, California seam to be cheap in comparison.

At night we really enjoyed the evening show in the Jackson Hole Playhouse (picture). It is not one of those mainstream western stories but a play about the live, the people and the way of living back then.

It’s the first day we have Internet access to post some quick notes.
168 miles today - 1,007 miles so far.

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