09/01/2026
A trip I will never forget 🥹 Truly had the best time celebrating Zachary Turner’s golden bday! If you’ve been wanting to take a trip to Jackson/Tetons — I cannot recommend enough!! 🫶🏼 Gonna share more content this week about our trip but here’s a quick summary of what we did / what I feel like is worth doing!
Fav Hikes:
🥾 Delta Lake (hard)
🥾 Cascade Canyon (moderate)
Fav Restaurants:
🍝 Gloriettas (Glorietta Trattoria)
🍔 StillWest Brewery (StillWest Brewery & Grill)
🍕 Dornan’s Pizza/Pasta (Dornans)
🍕 Yeah Buddy Pizza (YEAH BUDDY PIZZA)
🍦 Jackson Drug (Jackson Drug Original Soda Fountain for milkshakes)
☕️ Snake River Roasting Company (Snake River Roasting Co.
Fav Jackson Shops:
🛍️ Made (MADE )
👕Jackson Mercantile (Jackson Mercantile)
🍭Yippy-I-O Candy Store (Yippy I-O Candy Co)
Where We Stayed:
🪵 Rustic Inn Creekside (Rustic Inn at Jackson Hole) — we saved money & just did a queen room instead of a full cabin
Fav Excursion/Activity:
🦦 White Water Rafting (Lewis & Clark River Expeditions - Luke is 🐐)
💆🏽♀️ Spa Day at Hotel Jackson (Zach’s bday gift)
🐎 Jackson Hole Rodeo (Jackson Hole Rodeo)
Must See’s:
🌄 Sunrise @ Schwabacher Landing
⛪️ Mormon Row
🐟 Jenny Lake, Taggart Lake, Phelps Lake
🦬 Bison just north of airport on 89 (afternoon/sunset)
🌲 Grand Canyon of Yellowstone (fav part of Yellowstone)
Delta lake hike was AMAZING! The last half mile up was BRUTAL bc it was down pouring and it is steep rock climb, but the view is so worth it! Bring lots of snacks & water — it’s about 8 miles round trip! You def need hiking shoes + hiking poles would have been so helpful especially on the way down.
The best time to see the bison was sunrise / sunset! This pic was taken just north of the airport on 89 on the way to Grand Teton NP!
Grand Canyon of Yellowstone was my favorite stop of Yellowstone! We definitely underestimated how much water / food we would need this day. Pack LOTS of snacks & water especially if you do the whole Yellowstone loop which is what we did. We pretty much ate gas station snacks the whole day 😅
Delta lake was so foggy and rainy the day we went but every 10-15 minutes it did clear up a little! The water w