So yesterday was nice, 55 - 65 and sunny when we got outside in the morning, and Johnny and I are both off until Saturday night, so we decided to go down to Grand Teton National Park and go for a hike. We heard there was a great 8-10 mile hike called Hermitage Point. The trail is supposed to be along the lake with the Tetons in background the whole time. BY. We drove south through Yellowstone and part of Grand Teton NP, nothing is frozen over anymore. Still some snow up in elevation, but all the lakes are thawed out. The drive down there is really pretty because you drive by Yellowstone Lake, through high elevations, waterfalls, canyons, and that’s all before you leave Yellowstone. We stopped at the first stop in Teton which is Flagg Ranch and got directions to the hike we wanted, and the ranger also gave us a list of other great hikes in Teton. We will probably just throw that away. We drove the 24 miles to Cortal Bay through basically a forest with intermittent mountain views. We found the trailhead, made sure we had everything, and set out. The hike was just how it was described, near the water the whole time with the Tetons right there. It was unreal. We had some pretty weird weather which made for some great pics. It would be sunny, then light drizzle, then clouds that turned everything blue, it was great. The hike is basically a loop from Cortal Bay to Hermitage Point, which is where the land ends on that side of the water, and then you loop back by Swan lake returning to Cortal Bay. The hike started so great, it was like an old country road running along side the water that takes you back into the woods. I was surprised to see how much grass there was back in the forest. Everything was so green. Even though you couldn’t see the Tetons at that point, it was still amazing. Lots of pine trees too, needless to say the smell was euphoric pine trees, clean mountain air, some fresh horse shit here and there, mmmmmmmmmm. It has been raining a lot, so we had to dodge a few big puddles on the trail, but for the most part it was pretty easy going. Every so often you would come to a clearing and there would be the Tetons. I can only put up 4 pics, so if you want to see more, you can go to my facebook and look under the Yellowstone album or under Johnny's which is linked on my page under Yellostohno!!!!! album. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=547979919.
There were really only 2 things I would have changed about the day, well, really only 1. We came to a clearing, it was sunny and we were about half way done, so we decided to go to the edge of the cliff and sit and eat overlooking the water and the Tetons. I sat on a root of a tree. SAP. Not Spanish translation for your TV, I mean tree sap, all over my pants (ass). It smelled wonderful, but dammit anyway. The other thing I might change was the rain that came down the last 2 miles of the hike. I don’t think I would change it bc it was kind of nice to see everything in that weather too, especially bc we prepared for rain so it was no big deal. Obviously I would have liked to see it sunny and 80 all day, but it was great the way it was.
No comments:
Post a Comment