Today was our first day focusing on Grand Teton National Park. So, we know we have to catch you up on 2 days of Yellowstone, but that will come.
Today started off with breakfast at the longest grill in America at the Jackson Lake Lodge. Literally, the counter snaked around the entire restaurant! Had some granola & fruit to prep for the hike. Not exactly cowboy food, but oh well.
We then went down to Jenny Lake to hike for the day. The hike around Jenny Lake has a trail (maybe 7-8 miles), but also a boat that can ferry you across the lake (in case 3 miles is more your speed). The south leg will take you to waterfalls, as well as Inspiration Point. Now, Inspiration Point is 7,200 feet in altitude. We decided to start off by taking the south route to Inspiration Point. The hike was going well, of course the typical jaw-dropping scenery.

We were going to wait until we reached the top to relax, have a snack (no bears this high), and really enjoy. Once we reached the point, we took a moment, sat down….and then we heard the thunder. Like REAL close. Now I don’t really mind storms, but being on a rock ledge 7,200 feet in the air is not exactly where I want to be. And then it started to hail. Yes, HAIL. Let’s just say, we were all inspired to get down that mountain PDQ.
Here we are, reached lower land and soaking wet.

We did dry off though as we hiked. We actually decided to hike the rest of the way around the lake rather than “cheat” and take the boat across. And we figured it would totally justify the thai food we were planning to gorge ourselves on at Teton Thai. The hike was great – the north side is much flatter and there were horses that kept passing by.

The moms definitely impressed us with hiking the entire lake route – way to go!

Luckily, it did not rain again until the very end. The last 50 yards were an all out sprint to the car in the rain!