Sarah and I headed off on another road trip. We always seem to choose a national park to visit. This time we headed to the Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone. We didn't plan a ton for the trip, just were hoping to do a two or three night backpacking trip up in the mountains. We didn't plan for a summer of "colder than normal" weather and tons of snow leftover, so we weren't sure what we were getting ourselves into. As you can tell by the pictures, the weather was great for the first few days. At the ranger's suggestion we planned for one day hike and two nights in the back-country.
OUR 13 MILE DAY HIKE TO SURPRISE LAKE
TRULY MAGNIFICENT MOUNTAINS
SECOND DAY OF HIKING: OUR HIKE INTO OUR CAMPSITE, HERE I AM RELAXING!!
DAY THREE: HIKE UP TO LAKE SPLENDOR FROM OUR CAMPSITE IN THE CASCADE CANYON NORTH FORK
OF COURSE WE DECIDED TO HIKE A LITTLE FURTHER UP TO PAINTBRUSH DIVIDE
WE MADE IT UP AND SARAH CLIMBED EVEN MORE!! IT WAS A TOUGH HIKE, BUT THE WAY DOWN WAS MUCH EASIER SLIDING AND RUNNING ON THE SNOW.
UNFORTUNATELY ON THE WAY DOWN THAT DAY, THE CLOUDS ROLLED IN AND BY THE TIME WE GOT TO OUR SECOND CAMPSITE, IT HAD STARTED RAINING. UGH
SO, WE STARTED HIKING OUT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
STOPPED ALONG THE WAY TO HAVE SOME DELICIOUS SPAGHETTI! SARAH DOES A GREAT JOB DEHYDRATING FOOD FOR THESE TRIPS.
So, it was a very long day of hiking for us. 17 or so miles...and the last few were pretty exhausting. We were very happy to see our car and take our shoes off. The next day we headed to Yellowstone! More pictures to come!
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