A Hike around Jenny Lake

Today we had a beautiful hike (4 miles) around Jenny Lake.  Jenny was a Shoshone, and her husband Richard Leigh was a trapper.  Two lakes are named for them at Grand Tetons NP.  We started at the Visitors Center by the lake and walked around it.  The trail was mostly in the woods and level, which was great.  We did sing and talk loudly and carry bear spray.  But several times we met other hikers, so we felt pretty safe in there.  Here are several photos from the hike.


This is the drive south from Colter Bay to Jenny Lake.


What about that view?  Grand Teton seems to be visible everywhere.



The path in the woods.


We are not speedy hikers.  We take breaks, drink water, and eat trail mix (bear food).


Grand Teton and me!


In a burned area, we saw an osprey nest with two fledglings in it.
They were noisy, waiting for a parent to feed them.


We took a boat ride across the lake to avoid a couple more miles of walking and returned to our
cabin at Colter Bay Village.  John Colter was the first European to look upon Grand Teton.  He was
a Mountain Man and well known in this area.

We were tired and filthy!  The ground is soft, grey dirt.  It was all over us.  We showered and ate a late lunch (2:00 pm) and napped.  Then we went to the Guest Lounge to plan our trip to Idaho, which starts tomorrow.

I have had trouble finding interesting spots to stay.  However, now that it is upon us, I found two airbnb places and two hotels.  So we are set for two nights in Idaho and then almost a week in Washington.  We are running into Labor Day weekend, so I had trouble finding a place for Saturday night.  We'll have to push on to Spokane, a bigger city, to have a room.

So glad we were able to visit Grand Tetons National Park.