In
honor of our 30th Anniversary we returned once again to the
Grand Teton National Park, this time taking our youngest son
(now 15) and our 7 year old granddaughter, Catherine. It was
Catherine's first backpacking trip, but like the other kids,
she embraced the forest with an enthusiasm born of a love
for adventure.
Gathering at the trailhead we could see that this would be
an easy hike along the string of lakes then around to the
backside of Leigh Lake to a campsite on a jutting peninsula.
Along the trail we found the forest thick with wild blueberries,
ripe and ready to eat. Of course we also enjoyed blueberry
pancakes each morning.
From our campsite on the peninsula we could look east across
the lake to the site where we spent our honeymoon in 1970
and on the other side we could look west towards the majestic
Mount Moran.
The tent was cozy, the food was
good....
The guys said the fishing was
great. Matt caught his first trout, and it was a big one!
A mama bear and her two cubs paid us a little visit the first
afternoon. They were scoping out the campsite to see if we
would be easy pickin's. When they found we were not going
to let them take our food off they ran...... thank goodness!
To add to the adventure, lightning started a forest fire across
the lake to the Northwest. We were fortunate, a light rain
the next day put it out. The dry summer caused such a fire
hazard that camp fires were not permitted anywhere in the
park and all cooking had to be done on gas camp stoves.
And so we hiked back....the end of a grand adventure and sweet
memories of a lifetime.
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Mountains Trip
In
honor of our 30th Anniversary we returned once again to the
Grand Teton National Park, this time taking our youngest son
(now 15) and our 7 year old granddaughter, Catherine. It was
Catherine's first backpacking trip, but like the other kids,
she embraced the forest with an enthusiasm born of a love
for adventure. 
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