Day 38: Thursday, June 6, 2013
Today, we took a ‘down’ day in Jackson. Yes, Jackson is a touristy town. And yes, we’re tourists. 🙂 Hanging around the Cowboy Village Resort has been a great, relaxing haven from long days of driving (and fun!).
Office at the Cowboy Village Resort
Cowboy Village Office – Carved pillar
Back side of the pillar
Back side of the pillar
We slept in and then went over to Bubba’s BBQ for breakfast. Now, you wouldn’t think that a BBQ joint would be your first choice for breakfast. However, the front desk clerk at our resort highly recommended Bubba’s. She was spot-on.
I had the Chicken Fried Steak breakfast. I had been mulling over biscuits and gravy or the chicken fried steak…the waitress said that I could have both if I had a biscuit with my steak. BINGO! Tom ordered the Mexican Breakfast Burrito, and we split some blueberry pancakes. Yes, it was a heavy meal. And yes, we just about finished it all. It was SO good!
Breakfast at Bubba’s – Chicken fried steak, gravy, two eggs, hash browns and a biscuit.
After rolling back to the resort, we decided to take a stroll downtown. We put the girls in the doggie stroller and did some sightseeing and shopping. The galleries here have some interesting stuff, from a $450,000 Triceratops head fossil to your normal t-shirts and souvenir shot glasses. I ended up with a Bison purse and Huckleberry taffy. 🙂
Elk Antler Arch – Jackson Town Square
Bear? Where?
Tom REALLY likes Bison
We also took the opportunity to get the oil changed on the car and to do laundry. Do we know how to party, or what? In fact, we had so much fun that the dogs were just…dog tired! They are definitely bonding more and more every day.
Tired puppies
Tomorrow, we head to Fort Collins, CO in preparation to see the Rocky Mountain National Park. Then, we’re going to motor through the Midwest before exploring Kentucky, Tennessee, the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Appalachians until heading home.
Home. Yes, we’re moving in that direction. Part of me really misses home. The other part kind of wishes that the adventure could continue on indefinitely. But hey, we still have a few more weeks of rolling.
Tom and Margaret Donnelly 
That is so awesome that the dogs have bonded on this trip. Being in a more confined space probably helped a lot!! If you are in the midwest and are anywhere close to Appleton, WI let me know and we can maybe get together and meet??? My husband Russ and I met Dave and Darla Coppman several years back when we went through St. George, Utah. It was great to meet someone from RST!!
Your trip sounds wonderful and you must have a ton of awesome pictures! The ones you’ve posted on your blog are great. I especially love the girls together. So sweet.
Hope your trip continues to be as much fun as you’ve had so far!!
denise
Love the hat, Tom!!! I hope you bought it for those cold winters in NH. 🙂
Don’t know where you are heading next but you can’t miss Mt. Rushmore and that whole area. Plenty to do for a day or two. then the badlands of S.Dakota are also ‘awesome’.
Sounds like you all are having a great time. Love the blog, pictures and commentary.
P.S. I became a grandma to a beautiful baby boy on June 5th!
seeing this post i hope u enjoyed alot @ Jackson….
Thanks Ken! Sorry we missed your restaurant! But we loved your town!