Grand Teton National Park

It had been about 17 years since I or my sister had been there! Way too long! We both had worked there one summer and had spent many more times up there hiking and backpacking. I love that place.

We met up with one of Erin's best-friends and all shared a group-campsite. We had a good night on Wednesday and then Thursday we got up and ready for a day of hiking in one of our favorite canyons in the Tetons: Cascade Canyon. It did not disappoint in the least! It was such a lovely and perfect hike, really. Plus, we saw three more moose - and this time Emmy didn't cry! :)

 We decided to take the boat-ride across Jenny's lake, thus saving us about 4 miles. We wanted to hike in the canyon as much as possible - and not tire out the kids by walking around the lake . . .

 It was a fun ride, too!

 Our first stop on the hike was Hidden Falls. A lot of people come here, then on to Inspiration Point, then back down. So once we went up further in to the canyon, we lost the big crowds. It was nice.

(Insert Erin's picture of us all at Inspiration Point . . .)

 Handsome man in the beautiful Tetons!

 Lunch-break and turn-around spot.

 Miles did Emmy's hair. :)

 There were many beautiful waterfall cascades.

 We saw three moose on this hike - 2 mamas and one baby.

 Love, love, loved it.

 When we got back to the boat-ride (after hiking about 7 miles), it starting raining on us. If we had stayed much longer, I think we would have been in a down-pour in the canyon. So our timing was just right!

My family decided to head home that night. We had originally planned to stay another night. But seeing as we weren't going to go out on the water Friday morning like we had originally planned (no reason to after our awesome outing on Henry's Fork!) and the weather was to be raining all evening/night, we decided to drive to Midway that night. After finally getting out of Jackson Hole, we had a nice, late drive home.

The Grand Tetons indeed.