Tetons-Part 2

We stayed on the north side of the park – right between Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park. As soon as we dropped the trailer, we raced back to the do some exploring of the Tetons. Special note – it is amazing how easy it is to drive when you don’t have a 29’ trailer! We headed to Jenny Lake with Joseph leading the charge – trying to find all of the license plates for all 50 states. We kept trying to focus his attention on the beauty and he kept looking at all the license plates! We took a boat across the lake and went up to see Hidden Falls. Danielle, the person driving the boat (see photo), but I asked her if she had any sage advice for us and this blog. She said, “Sleep when you die and eat lots of cheese.” Hmm…I will have to think about that one for a while.

We made our way to the falls and I was reminded of the power of water. The force of the water as it was coming down from the falls was humbling. I made sure we had our hands on Michael and Joseph as we crossed some bridges. Michael asked me why he had to hold my hand. I told him that if he fell into the raging waters, he would see Jesus. Michael said he wanted to stick around here for a little while longer. We made it to the falls, which were spectacular, and then raced back to catch the last boat back. We met a nice couple from Alabama. They were on a trip to visit a lot of the nation’s parks. They advised us they were tent camping – silently, Suzi and I thanked God for providing us with a trailer.

One thing we noticed about this park (and later with Yellowstone) is that if you see one or two cars parked on the side of the road, chances are there is an animal to view. On our way home, there were at least 20 cars lined up on the side of the road. Cars were nearly hitting each other trying to get in. I said to myself, “This has got to be good!” What do we do? We stop, get out and try figure out what is going on. Turned out to be a Moose with her Moose-baby. The problem was that these animals were in some trees and fairly far away. Even with our telephoto lens, the best you could see is part of a face and maybe a patch of brown. I thought it was so funny that soooo many people were pulled over to catch a partial glimpse of a Moose. I wonder what the Moose thought. We came up with an idea that we would pull over and start pointing and taking pictures just to see how many people would pull over. We all thought this was hilarious, but after giving it some thought, we figured others would think we were obnoxious.

We found a wonderful field on the way home full of what we thought were lupines. All I know is that there as a sea of purple/blue flowers. Suzi and kids wondered off to the field and I watched out for bears.

We made it back and crashed hard – looking forward to Yellowstone.