What a beautiful day!! An amazing day actually! The forecast said it would be clear today and it was. We woke up early because we wanted to get in a hike today before we drove my mom to the airport. It was a blissful 23 degrees when we woke up to watch the sunrise over the Grand Tetons. Not a cloud in the sky. Days like this is why you are here. On our drive to Jenny Lake we saw another male standoff, this time between 2 bull elk and their harem. The one bull elk with 15 just bugled and the other elk’s 5 females went over to the larger male.
The kids were not happy to be getting up early to go for a walk, especially since it was pretty cold outside…but we could not pass up this day. It was a an amazing bluebird day. The boat rides across Jenny Lake closed last week because of weather so it added on an extra 3 miles, which I was a bit nervous about at first since my mom was with us. Our goal was to hike into Cascade Canyon, right at the base of Grand Teton and Teewinot. Along the way we hiked to hidden falls and inspiration point. I’m so happy we did not do this hike yesterday as intended because I bet we would’ve turned around 1/2 mile in since it was snowing, but to not have done it would have been a sincere bummer.
We were up and out on the trail early. We were the first ones in the parking lot. The weather was still brisk but the sun felt so good. It was beautiful walking around Jenny lake through all the aspens. Everything about the hike was great. The crankiness of the morning wore off by mile 2, we found hidden falls because the trail led straight there (not so hidden falls :)), were “inspired” at inspiration point, and made it up to the canyon, and there was not a cloud in the sky the whole time. My mom did great. So happy we stayed for today. I love it here.
