After a leisurely breakfast
and a run-in with the neighborhood moose,
we grabbed our gear
and hit the trails at the local elk refuge.
Our first trail was through Curtis Canyon
It was pretty fun.
There was a lot of driving
and Dad likes to drive FAST
We were a bit disappointed
that the smoke from the wildfires rolled back in
but the Tetons were still beautiful
Don't we look like trouble on wheels?
Because we are.
I mean, how can you not try to stir up some trouble
on a day like this?
We climbed to the top of the ridge
and stopped for some lunch at one of the campsites
Nothing like an ATV bed picnic!
We ate at one of the campsites.
There were all sorts of signs and warnings about
how you could only camp for 5 days out of 30 at any particular site
and that you had to rotate sites frequently because,
well, bears.
We were careful not to leave any scraps behind!
We also had to laugh--
out of all these endless trails and acres,
another group pulled up right next to us
and had lunch too.
Guess we looked friendly.
From our hilltop,
we had a great view of Gunsight Mountain.
See it?
There just to the right of midline?
Know why it's called Gunsight Mountain?
Because Captain Damn America,
King of Wyoming
says so.
A little inside joke.
It's actually called Sleeping Indian,
but we like Pappo's name better.
After lunch,
our new friends took a smokey Tetons picture for us
and a much-less-smokey
picture of Gunsight aka Sleeping Indian Mountain
Time to pack up
and head out
for our next trail
Wow, pictures don't do it justice.
Wyoming is so beautiful.
The second half of the trip
was along the Flat Creek
which had some lovely spots to hop out
and take some pictures
One for the Christmas card!
But better than stopping for a picture
is PLOWING through the creek
as hard and fast as we could
The video is awesome, but not bloggable.
The tidal wave come over the window guard,
over the ROOF even,
and soaked us all.
We all got a face-full of water
and probably a mouth full of giardiasis
(as Zach taught us is everywhere out here).
We don't care.
It was awesome.
We nailed it both ways.
We capped off this day
with another hot tub happy hour
and another awesome dinner
at one of Mema and Pappo's Jackson favorites,
The Blue Lion.
Sigh.
How can this be the last day?
We definitely lived every day to its fullest!
We need a vacation to recover from our vacation.
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