Day 1: On the way to Yellowstone SOUTH Entrance
Sunday, September 7, 2025 Pearson woke up at the crack before dawn and drove us to National (DCA) at 4am. Bless him, hope he liked the chicken sandwiches Yiya made for him. Flight DCA to Chicago (ORD) was uneventful, lost sight of Yiya only once because she’s so tiny and the herd of people around her were super-sized-adults. Flight ORD to Jackson Hole (JAC) came with a 2 hour lay-over and delayed by a few minutes - could be worse - could have lightning and hail. Easiest flights - ever. Picked up the Suburban, bought mom a suitcase (what did they do to it?), lunch at the Diner in town, went to the grocery store for a few items, hit the liquor store and headed north to Yellowstone . On the way, we had great view of the Tetons , saw an enormous herd of Bison , and had so many "it's so beautiful" moments. One of the first things I noticed is that every vehicle has some form of activity attached to it: a pick up has a camper bed, a car has kayaks/boats, trucks tow larger camp...