Getting to Wyoming

 Jordan, Autumn, and I decided to fly into Jackson Hole Airport and rent a car. Jordan and I flew in Saturday and spent the night in Jackson at the Anvil Hotel. https://anvilhotel.com

FYI: Hotels in Jackson are PRICEY! So I'd recommend you book early and thoroughly look at all your options in the area! We flew from Birmingham, AL to Jackson Hole with a 1-hour layover in DFW. It was about $200 to fly out to WY, and we did not book a return flight since we wanted to see what our preceptor expected (and in case we decided to not go home but to live with bison and antelope instead!) 

The rental car we picked up at the airport when we flew in. Heads up: a rental car for 5 weeks is expensive (about $3000). ALSO, they can increase your rate if you're <25 y/o and most people are covered in a rental car under their car insurance policy, so there's no need to buy extra rental car insurance through the company (TOTAL scam). We picked up Autumn on Sunday and started our journey to Fort Washakie! From the Jackson Hole airport, it was about a 2.5 hour drive (it took us a little longer because we stopped to eat and we saw a momma grizzly with her babies!)





We stopped to eat at a restaurant near the airport called Dornan's- I'd recommend it since it has an awesome rooftop with a great view of the Tetons! https://dornans.com/BIM/BIM.php?p=dining

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