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| Coke Machines in Yellowstone.... |
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| Me and Jen attemping to catch a hi five pic, more attempts below.... |
Today I had to wake up early and work at the warehouse for a couple hours. I requested off, had my weekend switched around, so I would be off while Jen was here. Didn’t happen. Had to switch out of shifts and work part of a warehouse shift on Sunday. It actually worked out perfect. I worked and laughed with all the warehouse guys as usual for about 2 hrs, Jen slept in and was able to get ready by the time I was done working. We ate some breakfast and decided to do a hike over by Lake, eat lunch at the Lake Hotel, then go to Teton and Colter Bay and hang out before we had dinner at Jackson Lake Lodge. Lame. The hike over by Lake was a hike and had done before, Elephant Back trail. Its short, relatively easy, and the views from the top are some of the best views of any body of water I have ever seen, even in pictures. Right up Jen’s alley. Again, we packed a couple bags and were on the road about 10am. We started on the trail around 11 after taking some funny pictures along the way to Lake. Jen has those, hopefully I get those soon. In the first 100 yds of the trail, there was some slightly fresh bear shit right on the trail. Probably about a day old. How do I know so much about shit you ask? It helps to know what shit is what out here and how old it is, so I did a little reading and talked to some of the outdoor fanatics here about it. I didn’t want to tell Jen what it was…. I mean, obviously she knew it was poop, I didn’t need to explain that, but I didn’t want to tell her it was bear turds. They mostly active at night, and for the most part stay away from trails, especially busier ones like elephant back. So I lied and told her it was elk doo doo. She was none the wiser, so we continued on worry free. The weather…. There literally was not ONE cloud in the sky all day long. Not even one of those little ones that make you say, “ That cloud is weak. Look how small it is. What a stupid cloud.” Not even one of those. The hike was awesome. The views from the top were even better than this time around, and we met a guy who grew up at the Lake hotel. His father was the winter keeper for the Lake Hotel. He knew the names of all the mountains and coves, well, everything. He had so much to share, I just sat and listened to him talk about the park, how its changed, how his father got there, so interesting. He wrote a book called “Growing up in Yellowstone” that should be out in December. I will be buying it. If you met him, you would be buying it too. The pic above is of him and his wife with me and Jen at the top of the trail. Time was starting to get away from us, so we ran down part of the trail and made record time back to the car to get lunch at Lake Hotel. We ate and had a couple local Montana beers before we headed to Teton. The drive to Teton was awesome. 70 degrees, no clouds, so awesome. We made up some time, so I decided to show Jen Moose Falls on the way out of the park. We got down there, and the water was actually warm. Hot springs. Crazy shit yall! I had a towel in my car and we packed some shorts so we decided we should take a swim. Im always down to swim in Moose Falls bc its awesome. I am used to the cooler water, the cooler air, I love it. Jen on the other hand wanted to do it bc it seemed like a good idea at the time, a cool thing to do. I don’t blame her, it’s the tops. It was a little chilly getting in, the water around the edges are always a little colder than the deeper parts in hot springs. Once I was in all the way, it felt great. Now, Jen, she couldn’t stop shivering. I think that Carolina weather may have had something to do with it. Perhaps my polar albino skin played a role as well. Thank Dad. I could have stayed in there for hours, I think Jen was on the brink of hypothermia, so we only swam for a few minutes and got out. We got back on the road and headed south towards Teton again. We stopped at a gift shop at Colter Bay for some souvies. The gift shop was awesome, so we stayed for almost an hour. It was honestly perfect timing. We drove the rest of the way to Jackson Lake Lodge and got to watch the sunset over the Tetons on the patio with drinks in hand while waiting to be called to our reserved table for dinner. Dinner was fancier than I thought it was going to be, but it was a nice way to send Jen off. This time we only had about an hour in the car back to OF. We got back at a decent hour which was a blessing. I had to work the next day and Jen had to drive to Salt Lake City (6 hrs) by 2pm. Great weekend. Thanks for coming Jen, terrible time as usual!
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