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Posted by GA Tim (66.168.208.179) on 16:24:18 06/29/12
Day 14 June 21, 2012 Thursday:
I was awake at 3AM and finally decided to get out of bed at 3:30AM. I guess I was a little anxious to come home. We ate the last of our bread, peanut butter, and Nutella and checked out of Colter Bay by 5AM. We drove down the main highway and arrived ay Mormon Row at 5:30AM. There was already a big group of photographers there they were all English and seemed to be traveling together. I wish I could have talked to them but we were all busy setting up and finding just the right spot. Right after we arrived the sun started to hit the tops of the Tetons and it was a little after 6AM before the sun cleared the hills behind us and lit up the barn. We stayed there for quite a while, moving around for different compositions and further back to get some telephoto shots. More people kept coming and would annoyingly stand right in front of me when I was clearly setup taking shots. We then moved on to the next barn to the south and took a few more photos. We drove a little further south and found the remnant of another barn. I don t know if there were any more barns to see but I really had to find a toilet soon!
We drove over to the visitor s center to pack up the tripods and use the restroom. We got there before they opened and I anxiously stood right by the door until they were unlocked. We hit the gift shop after using the facilities and we ended up buying more tee-shirts. But somehow our bags were lighter on the way back! We drove a little down Moose-Wilson Road to kill time and spotted a female moose on the way back. We stopped for photos and started a traffic jam. We spent the next two hours driving around, out to Jenny Lake and back. We took a few more photos of the gorgeous mountains and soaked in the great views for a while. Then we gassed up the rental and headed to the airport.
The flights home were just as uneventful as the trip out. Everything was right on schedule and we even arrived at our gate in Atlanta about 15 minutes early. That doesn t happen too often! By 9:30PM we were on the road home. It was so different being back in Atlanta traffic (which was pretty busy for this time of night). Everything seemed so fast and I was trying as hard as I could to focus. I was pretty tired at that point and just wanted to get home. 45 minutes later we pulled into our driveway and were home at last! It was great to see our pets again they definitely missed us. It was also great to sleep in our own bed again, even though our cats seemed more interested in trying to keep us awake. I dreamed of Yellowstone that night.
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