Grand Tetons

On Day Three we met up with Garon and Charlotte, and later Alice, in the Grand Tetons, which is a mountainous National Park south of Yellowstone. Kaia and I arrived in the dark, later than we would have liked, and put the tent up in the dark. It was strange to wake up at the campground and actually see where we were in the morning light.

We stayed at Jenny Lake campground, which was next to the most clear, gorgeous lake I have ever seen, mountains in the background. It reminded me a little of the Lake District I guess; except there were bears around and we had to lock up our food in a big metal box so as not to attract them. Even though Garon would have wrestled any trespassing bear for us.

On the first day in the Grand Tetons we took a ferry across Jenny Lake and then hiked back. We got to a high point- 'Inspiration Point'- and were able to see across to the lake and the mountains. Ate lunch here and we were stalked by a bloody cheeky chipmunk that tried to crawl into our laps a couple of times. Found 'Hidden Falls' too, so very splashy and beautiful.

I am not the keenest on camping- I may have been scarred for life by D of E- so I probably moaned a lot at Jenny Lake but the others were very patient. It was actually a lot of fun, sitting around at our gorgeous campsite, enjoying the fire, wondering whether bears would be attracted to scented candles. Alice and her parents dropped by the second night, and Alice helpfully told me all about her hotel and how great the hot tub was. It was a bit chilly on night two, so I wore a large puffy coat of Garons' and sat by the fire and looked pitiful. Kaia had freezing hands and I had a cold nose, it was awful.

In case you were wondering, in the top photo that is a herd of buffalo. Kinds of animal I also saw: marmot, two kinds of chipmunk, ground squirrel, elk, bison, coyote and sandhill crane. I ate elk jerkey too, which might almost count as a close-up wildlife sighting.