Idaho Falls

Saturday
We left the Grand Tetons on Friday, having really enjoyed the wonderful scenery, the mountains, rivers, lakes and plants were all wonderful.
Our plan was to drive to Idaho Falls, which is the name of the city, as well as the waterfall, and then on to Craters of the Moon SP. The most direct route out of the park is over the Grand Tetons Pass, but many other RV owners said that this was not a good road to use as there were parts that had a 10% incline, but we drove it anyway. the road is a good road, but steep, one section was so steep the van would only pull at 20 m.p.h. but we made it. The downhill seemed even steeper, but 1st gear and the brakes sorted that out. we stopped in Victor for a cuppa at the Victor Emporium, very interesting shop, but did not have hot tea!, so we left them some tea bags to sell to others. The mountain pass road eventually rejoined the main road at Swan Valley and we now followed the Snake River, I think we will see quite a bit of this river in the future. We drove past it's source as we entered the Grand Tetons NP, the river runs right through Jackson Hole (most of the park) and now we were following it to Idaho Falls. We also saw our first Idaho Potatoes!!!!
We arrived at Idaho Falls and pulled into the Snake River RV Park, OK but sites very close together. Although on the bank of the Snake River we could not access the river from the campground.
Today was 'Return to Civilization Day' as we have not been near a large town since Helena, 2 and a half weeks ago. We celebrated with a pancake breakfast at 'Smitty's' and a day in Walmart and the local mall and then shared a steak at Sizzlers. On the way back to the trailer we took a walk across and round Idaho Falls, which are quite impressive. Though only about 20 feet high they are about 400 yards long, crossing the river at an angle.
 Combined with this in the background is a Mormon Temple as well as a small island which they have made into Japanese garden, which is very pretty.