Cascade Cyn. and Inspiration Point

We were so far into Cascade Cyn. that my GPS tracker app, Strava, lost us for a while. It was a longer hike today at around 9 miles. We both felt it too. In fact we each were wondering how we ever completed that 140 miles in the Sierras 4 years ago. It was worth it though. The landscape is just stunning.

We were actually hiking at the base of the Grand Teton today.

 As usual, someone on the trail said they saw a bear, but there were no bears that we saw. Those silly deer think they own the place though. We were close enough to touch them before they decided to get off the trail.

There were a lot of people on this hike today. The guide called this the 'highlight' trail of the park. We were surprised to see so many people still, as it is so long. Usually there is a shuttle to shorten the round trip hike by 4 miles, but it's no longer running. Which explains why we saw one overweight fellow half way up the long climb sitting on the side of the trail smoking a cigar. He said he just gave up.

Inspiration point overlooked Jenny Lake, which we hiked along for 2 miles before getting to the Cascade trailhead. Too bad our Jenny wasn't here to see her namesake lake.

Last night we went to Oxbow Bend on the Snake river, which is supposedly where two bull Elk were battling the night before. We didn't see any animals there either. Again, though, just astounding beauty.

Today is our real anniversary- 24 years- so we'll head over to the Jackson Lodge for a celebratory dinner. Tomorrow we hitch up our wagon and head to the south end of the park for a couple of days. It's supposed to snow for two days. It could be fun getting out of here in a blizzard.

P.S. Congrats to Jeff and Kelly who are celebrating their 18th anniversary today.

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