We have had quite a few debates/ discussions on this trip. We realize now all the information from US History in 5th grade was replaced by medical knowledge. However, 2 moms that are teachers joined in the following discussions.
1) The Continental Divide: What is it again?
Moms- where the water flows in a different direction.
Does it run North/South? Is there only one? More than one? still not sure….

2) Buffalo vs Bison: are they the same? Are they different? Is bison the plural of buffalo or is buffalo the plural of buffalo? Can you use all parts? Do they have horns? Are they endangered? Kit wants to know if it is legal to hunt them. Is it better to drive by an angry looking one slowly as to not draw attention to yourself or gun it?
After a very long debate, we have decided that there are many buffalo all over the world, having come close us to quite a few in Africa. But bison must be the American buffalo, which do in fact have horns. They also apparently have their own nickel.

*** We now know that stopping to take a pic and then quickly trying to move past is a surefire way to entice a buffalo to come to the car at a very rapid pace

3) Bear spray: what is it exactly? Is it a good idea to further anger an already aggressive animal?

We arrived in Jackson Hole, WY yesterday, with all 4 seasons of clothing packed. We have been pretty excited about this mother-daughter trip for awhile. After all of our adventures, we figured we should take out mothers along!
We arrived in JH, picked up our SUV, and drove through the downtown JH. Looks very cute, a quintessential mountain town- cant wait to explore that more later this week. We went to Teton Village and hiked the Lower Loop trail. I know, I know…. We did not hike to the summit, but hey, we had just flown in.

We then discovered the Teton Village summer concert series. The village has live music in the square every Sunday evening, and the performer that night was Shooter Jennings!!! Everyone gathered around on picnic blankets, brought coolers of craft beer, and sampled the local food trucks – heaven!
This trip is getting off to a good start!