The Teton's

After watching Old Faithful launch her boiling water into the sky, we left Yellowstone and drove down into the Grand Teton National Park. We only had half a day to spend at the park. So after checking out the visitor center and getting a t-shirt at the gift shop we started on a hike along Jenny Lake to Inspiration Point. We saw a lot of wildlife here too, including deer, marmots, a fox and a moose. There weren't as many people here as were at Yellowstone, but we did see a couple of the same people we had seen at Old Faithful that morning.

We came to a waterfall about a half mile before Inspiration Point and after looking at the waterfall for a bit; we were trying to decide of we needed some more inspiration or not, we ended up deciding we would be fine without seeing the view from Inspiration Point. The fact that it looked like it was going to rain also played into that decision. We jogged back a short distance to try to beat the rain, but it didn't end up raining until later on that evening. 

We then drove to a picnic area and cooked dinner quickly in the drizzle so we could stop at some more scenic viewing spots for Jacob to take pictures of the Tetons themselves. We were trying to recreate a picture that we had taken when we came here before with our dad of a lake and a storm brewing over the Teton peaks behind, but unfortunately we were not able to find the exact spot with the time we had. So we got these photos instead:

We were originally planning on camping for the night at the Tetons, but since we would have to leave early in the morning we just decided to drive for a couple hours and get a hotel for the night instead of risking getting rained on and having to pack up a wet tent the next morning. We stayed at a Super 8 in Dubois, WY that night, and left early the next morning for South Dakota.

Next stop: Mount Rushmore, SD