Long drive along Snake River - UT, ID, WY

Scenic Drive along Snake River - Our interstate travel through Utah, Idaho & Wyoming

In a beautiful summer, me and hubby had a real great time on this long drive along the Snake river.

This river, named so perfectly, takes a snake like wobbly shape and it flows from the US states of Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

Our journey was from Salt Lake city via Idaho Falls to the Grand Teton National Park. We traveled on different US highways including 26, 89 & 191.

We were traveling in a big coach bus, and the best of our luck was we were sitting on the very first seat, right next to the driver. And in front of us was the huge open view through the front glass and of course our big side window. 

That way, we got to see the ultimate scenery, because, we were able to view things from a way lot upper level as compared to a car drive.

There was no traffic on the road, just a couple cars and vans were driving along with us. We also saw some cars having kayak boats loaded on them.

Sometimes on both sides of the road, we could see farmlands and ranches.

Ranch is a large farm, where cattle or other animals are bred and raised.

At some places in farms, there were many windmills installed for unconventional wind energy generation. 

We could also see some cattle outside the farmhouses, basking in the sun and lawn, busy eating their 'meal'.

Farm workers were cultivating the fields with farm equipments, tractors and other machinery. First time in my life, I saw those large automatic water sprinklers, which were spread all the way from one side of the fields to another. 

The highway was adorned with majestic snow-clad Rocky mountains on one side and the scenic banks of Snake river on the other.

Occasionally, we saw some whitewater rafters enjoying their adventures in the river.

 The weather was calm, sunny with a faint blue sky and some clouds here and there. 

Sometimes we could see complete green mountains covered with coniferous trees; sometimes with grass and tiny wild flowers and sometimes just huge bare rocks.

We also saw various types of bridges on the river, some small, some huge and some were just made for walking. We took a few stops midway to experience the picturesque natural beauty.

On a couple of points, we even got out for some refreshing short walks on the nearby trails, not too far away from the road.

The road was perfectly smooth and was lined with proper instructions and sign boards at place to place. 

To take a few hours break, we reached the town of Jackson, situated in the Jackson hole valley of the great Teton mountains.

We saw the smallest Jackson airport, when our bus pulled out of the town of Jackson and drove further towards the Grand Teton National Park.

This long drive packed with beautiful surprises, was a great and unique experience in my life. We really enjoyed almost a full day of this exciting interstate journey.
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