Grand Tetons

We woke up Thursday morning to a perfectly clear cold morning.  Our plans were to get out fairly early, camping time, and take a hike around Jenny lake to "Hidden Falls".  The trail took us through a burn area, along rivers, and ultimately a fairly steep climb to the falls, it was a 6-7 mile hike.
We met numerous hikers along the way; at Darryn's urging we began to greet them with each one of us saying Good morning in a different language.  It was great humor to see the responses, even greater humor to watch Dwight try and say "Buenos Dias" without laughing.  The ultimate humor came when Darryn decided to greet them in "moose language"... MWAAAAHHHH. (Credit goes to the movie Princess Diaries 2).  Great times.

After we reached the falls we convinced everyone to go on up to "Inspiration Point" overlooking the lake.  It was a great view at 7200 ft elevation.  The trail continued going through a canyon next to the Grand Teton mountain deep into the mountain range.  Lyn felt "the mountains calling him" (credit Sound of Music), after failing to convince any of the kids to go with him, he took off to the end of the Canyon trail.  It was an amazing trek along along the river as it climbed to accept the runoff of melted snow.  Waterfalls, marshy bogs, bear, moose, marmot, snow capped mountains, steep cliffs, the list could go on.  It was a 13 mile hike that took 7 hours.

We made it back to camp and enjoyed a relaxing cool evening.  A few pictures are attached, many many others were taken, the beauty can only be experienced by being there.

The Tetons rise up out of the plains with no foothills.....

There must be a bear along the road - crazy tourists.

Jackson Lake in the morning

Hiking through the burn area in the shadow of the Grand Teton

Tourist trained chipmunks - kids enjoyed these fat little critters.

You can only imagine the beauty....

The Kid's swam in cold Jackson lake while dad hiked.