Our easy day started late this morning, 8.30 a.m.

After a quick breakfast we set off for Jackson for shopping and lunch. It had rained heavily over night. Our first day of rain since we arrived, and it was chilly, and misty, but the rain stopped and it warmed up a little.

The Aspens and Cottonwoods looking lovely at Gros Ventre.

Our shopping in Jackson was very successful as was lunch. We returned again to Local and both had Wagyu Philly Cheese Steaks, shaved New York steak, sautéed onions, white Cheddar fondue on an amoroso roll. You need a good roll for a good Cheese Steak and these were perfect. Soft enough to soak up all the juices. 😋

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We agreed, they were the best we’d ever had, outside of Philly itself that is. 😋 Plus, my Amaretto Sour was the best I’ve had so far. 👍

After lunch we went to the Post Office to post a letter. Well, we will never complain about our Post Offices back home ever again.

We were told that Post Offices in the U.S are underfunded and we found that out today. Every time we visit this particular one, the queues are huge and I mean huge!

Today, there was just one lady serving and she was very efficient, but the queue kept getting longer. Eventually she called for help and it turned out that about 90% of the queue were made up of people collecting parcels.

Si asked a lady if there were any stamp machines and she laughed out loud. 🤭 No such thing as stamp machines apparently. She offered to go out to her car as she thought she may an odd stamp we could have, but alas, no. So we stood in the queue for about 25 minutes until we could buy our stamp.

One good thing was that when we paid her, she didn’t have the right change, so she let us off five cents!

We then decided, on the way back to the cabin, to call in to Gros Ventre to see if there was any wildlife action. That was when our troubles began ………………

A couple of days ago, a message flashed up in the car saying one of the front tyres needed air, so, we went and pumped it up and all seemed well. 🤷‍♀️ Until this afternoon that is, when the message flashed up again. This time the air reading was even lower, so we thought we must have a slow puncture.

Luckily, we were just passing Jackson Airport where there happens to be a Hertz office. Well, those who follow the regularly will know that we have had problems in the past and Hertz have not always been that helpful!!

Today was no exception. It so happens that the Hertz office in Jackson is a franchise and not a Corporate one, so they were unable to help!!

We paid for 24 hour emergency cover at the start of the hire so thought it would really easy to get help in the event of an emergency. Just goes to show how gullible we are! 🤷‍♀️

We couldn’t get through to the emergency number on the mobile, so asked if we could use their phone to call them. They were very obliging and said we could.

Long story short ……………. after 30 minutes, they agreed to send someone out to change the tyre. Bad part, they said we would have to take the damaged one on a 138 round trip to a place called Ammon to get it mended or drive to Idaho to change the car completely!! 🤬

When the guy arrived to change the tyre, he discovered that the spare one was only a space saver and said it would be too dangerous to drive all that way at 45 mph and we would probably be stopped by a Ranger anyway.

Our back-up plan was to drive into Jackson to Jackson Tires (American spelling) and get them to check out the puncture to see if it could be repaired. This is what the guy also suggested would be the best option. So, we went to Jackson Tires and they were very, very helpful. In 30 minutes the tyre had been repaired and cost us just $33 (£42.00).

They said we must have had a very large stone in the tyre that had dropped out and that was causing the air to slowly leak out.

Why Hertz could not just have told us to go to the nearest facility and get it sorted is beyond me. A strong letter will be sent when I get home! 😡

On the way back we stopped off in Gros Ventre and sure enough there were the moose again. So, more moose photos I’m afraid. 🤭Sadly though, no elk. 😔

The clouds on the way back turned black and ominous, so we stopped at Mormon Row again so that Si could take some photos. There were three brides and grooms having their photographs taken too.

Tomorrow will be an early start, 6.30 a.m. as we want to be at Schwabacher Landing for sunrise. 🌄

Thanks for reading. 🤗