Last week we went to the Grand Tetons for a family vacation. It was a lot of fun! While the family stayed at the camp site enjoying the benefits of a 27 foot trailer, Me, Ryan, Nick (Ry's little brother), and Diamon (my 12 year old niece) all went on a rugged over night back wood hike (about 22 miles)! IT WAS AMAZING! I have decided I hate pictures because they just do not do amazing things justice. The things we saw were amazing and we came home with over 400 pictures but not one really captures our surroundings. Here are a FEW pictures...I am going to put a slide show on the side bar for more pictures.
THE GANG! Nick, Ryan, Diamon, & Me
Diamon was so fun to have on this hike....it was really intense and we were nervous she wouldn't make it but she was a trooper. She was funny and kept a positive attitude--she lead a lot of the way as well.
We had all kinds of weather...sun shine, cloudy, COLD, SNOW, HAIL!!! Not in this order but throughout the hike. We probably went through 5 hail/snow storms! The next picture shows the size of the hail...I won't lie--it hurt!
We crossed 3 snow Fields and climbed 1,400 feet in elevation within 1.2 miles...it was really steep and kind of scary in parts.
We did have homemade taco soup for dinner. It was freezing and we were hungry so HOT soup was awesome...I even burnt my tongue.
Random wild flowers covered parts of the trail.
This picture is from the river from the picture above it. They had designated sites for camping. We woke up and all of our stuff was frozen!
Ok, another bear story (we have all the luck!) Ok, so in the back country there are bears! We took all the precautions they tell you too, we even had a bear box we had to carry for our food. Well, the pans didn't fit in the bear box and we woke up to this ...smashed pans that had been ripped in to. The lid either has a bite mark or claw mark....but we heard nothing and nothing at our camp was touched so the bear messed with our food stuff about 75 yards away from our tent but not us! We dodged a bullet on this one as well...we have had enough close calls for a summer with bears!
Exhausted! Here we waited at the Hidden Falls for my parents to come pick us up!
The whole thing was awesome and I can't wait to plan next years trip!
Lisa B. if you read this do you remember our trip to the Tetons when we were in high school? I still have a picture of us standing in front of the Hidden Falls! That was a fun trip! :)
