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Grand Tetons: Traditional lake hike, and hike by Jackson Lake

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View of Taggart Lake

We began our day in by getting breakfast at Bubba’s BBQ.  They have great biscuits and gravy, and the coffee is good, dark, and refills are quick.

View of the Tetons from the Snake River

We needed to be properly fortified for our first hike of the day: Taggart and Bradley Lake.  The views were great, and we didn’t even have to run through any hail storms this time. ;-)   After the hike we stopped at a Dornan’s for lunch.  It was crowded, as usual, but we stocked up on sandwiches, chips, and some locally-bottled pop.  We also enjoyed looking at their large selection of cheeses from around the world.  The food was so good that we returned to get a similar selection of goodies for dinner.

View from Colter Bay on Lakeshore Trail

We found an uncrowded pull-off and ate lunch in the car.  Then, we decided to get in one final hike before beginning the trek back to CO.  We did the Colter Bay Lakeshore trail.  The hike was perfect – easy, flat, not-too-crowded, and provided some nice views of the Tetons.  We did, however, have to keep moving, since there were also a fair number of mosquitoes on the hike.

This road never ends...

The drive back to Denver was long, but fairly uneventful.  The highlight of the trip was passing through a small town with a vet, animal hospital, and taxidermist side-by-side in a tiny plaza.

Driving and Bradley and Taggart Lakes, Days 1-2

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Foggy Tetons

We left Friday night and drove part-way to Jackson, WY, before stopping for the night. While the drive was pretty uneventful, we did drive through a mini rockslide and some nice rain.

The next morning, we finished driving to the KOA outside of Jackson, WY. We really like the kamping kabins, and the close location of the campground to the park. So, after checking in, we decided to go on a hike. That plan was soon cut short by a quick moving thunderstorm.

So after an adventurous mini-hike the day before, complete with hail, thunder, and a good dinner at a local BBQ place, we decided to get up early and try the hike again. This time was a little more successful, even if it was very foggy. And by very foggy, we mean that we couldn’t see the mountains. At all. For at least the first part of the hike. We did get a lot of great pictures with the fog, though, and the fog cleared up just enough to get some good pictures of the lake and the mountains. We also saw a little ground bird and her babies (though we’re not sure what the bird was).

After that, we drove through the Tetons up to Yellowstone. Check out the galleries below: