Grand Tetons to the Bonneville Salt Flats

Grand Teton National Park

Setting out on the planning for this trip, I had envisioned traveling from North Carolina to the Oregon coastline and traveling down the pacific coast highway.  Well, things have changed due to all the fires on the west coast.  The advantage of technology is that I can track all the fires and have been trying to avoid those areas.  My new route from Yellowstone NP is south, through the Grand Teton national park.
The park itself was amazingly small but very overwhelming.  It's one of those national parks you see lots of photos from but not much else.  As I was beginning to drive through the park, I knew today would be an experience that I would have to retain but probably wouldn't get many good photos.  The air was so thick from the smoke from 100's of miles away. 

I could see the vastness of the mountains but as you can see above, not very clear.  I did buy a post card, I cheated, so that I could have something to remember what I was supposed to be seeing.  lol
Still heading south, I ventured into Jackson, WY or as they prefer as you are driving through Jackson Hole.  There is only two words for this place, tourist trap.  Don't get me wrong, its a beautiful area but it's like driving through Blowing Rock on steroids times 10!  I did drive around their Elk Reserve that surrounds the town while looking for a camping spot.  No elk to be seen as they were still in the parks but still beautiful.

The next day I drove mostly through the back country of Idaho.  So beautiful and so many animals.  Never did see any potato farms though, kinda disappointed but that's ok.  I stayed in a small town after just crossing the border in Utah next to a horse farm and some more mountains in the distance.

Driving today through the backside of Utah, I avoided Salt Lake city even though it was Sunday and probably no traffic but I have been enjoying driving the back roads and today was no exception.  Today I drove many miles down Hwy 30 in Utah where I never passed a store or gas station or even many cars.  I mean, in over an hour, I saw 2 vehicles!  The country side in Utah is what you see in the movies.  Visually appealing mountains and hill sides that go on forever.  My destination today was to the Bonneville Salt Flats, UT.  This area is so beautiful.  I camped right next to this hill side with no one around on the BLM. (Bureau of Land Management protected area)  I drove down to the Bonneville speedway, about 3 miles away and could see in the distance they were doing motor bike practice before their big event this weekend.  All I can say, it's very bright out there.  Back to my camp spot, I finally broke out my drone to see what I could see.  What do you think...