Saturday, September 12, 2009

Day 6 - Grand Tetons

After such a great day in Yellowstone, I didn't think it could get any better. But then we drove 20 miles south and stayed between Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. We kept commenting on how different the terrain was as we drove through Yellowstone...and then we got to the peaks that create the Teton range...WOW.






The place we stayed in did not have breakfast so we decided to drive into the park and have a breakfast picnic. It was a brisk 28 degrees, but we had fun making eggs, oatmeal and hot chocolate. This was the view from our picnic table.





Kevin told me to take a picture of the eggs and I think he meant take a picture of him cooking the eggs...


But since I'm a literal person, I took a picture of the eggs




Jenny Lake...This was definitely the highlight of the trip for me...breathtakingly beautiful!
















When I was younger, my family took a vacation to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. We rode horses around Jenny Lake and the horse my grandpa Domnick was riding tried to cool off in the lake. I remember it was a point in the trail where we were really close to the lake. As we were hiking around the lake on this trip, I think this is the spot...this was the only spot that got really close to the lake. We didn't make it past this spot as Kayleigh tripped and got quite wet...so we turned around and hiked about 2 miles back to the car.






We saw quite a bit of wildlife in the Grand Tetons, too..

ELK



GROUSE


MOOSE (in the appropriately named Moose Pond)



Big Horn Sheep Syd


Antler Kay

5 comments:

  1. Fun and GORGEOUS trip!!! Your pictures are amazing!! You need to make a book of this adventure for sure. Miss you guys but glad you're having fun.

    love, Sarah (& crew)

    PS
    The eggs looked great! :)

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  2. Beautiful pics...I remember the mountain lakes being absolutely gorgeous! Looks like everyone is enjoying the trip! Love the Wild Syd and Kay pics!

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  3. I'm lovin' the scenic route to Portland!

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  4. WOW!! I just went through your last three days and it looks so amazing! I'm so glad you're able to do this and are having such a memorable time! 28 degree picnic though?? I guess I'm a wimp!

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  5. I'm so glad you took time to get down into the Tetons, too -- and what wonderful photos!

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