This past weekend Geoff and Ceci headed off for an adventure in the Grand Teton mountains in Wyoming. At first they were going to hop a train to an undetermined destination, then they were going to hitch hike somewhere wild, and in the end they settled on simplifying things and driving to a beautiful place they had never been.
A few hours into the trip they realized they didn't have cash (or a debit card to get cash) to get into a campground site. Somehow Geoff tried to get cash by putting his American Express card into a machine and the machine didn't give it back. I happened to have his only other credit card in my wallet, so they were five hours away for the weekend with no way to buy anything, including gas home! Let the adventure begin!
Later, by some wonderful stroke of luck, Ceci found my lost credit card in her jacket that had been missing since our Oregon trip! But in the meantime, they had found a perfect, free campsite on BLM land.
They took walks along amazing paths full of wildflowers (the wildflowers have been amazing this year!!!)
They went on a 30-mile bike ride through fields and forests with some of the most spectacular scenery either of them had ever seen. On the way back they out-peddled a hail storm but couldn't quite beat a very cold rain storm (see a soaking Ceci below).
They went on an all-day, 13-mile hike, starting at sunset, taking a boat shuttle across Jenny's lake, and then into unbelievably beautiful country where 5659 pictures tried to capture it.
The wildlife was amazing. Wild animals are so used to hikers passing by on the trails that they go about their business a few yards away. First some moose, then a digging fox, and then this bear, that later crossed the trail literally 10 feet in front of them without a care of their presence! It was magical.
And they ended off their four days of perfection with a late night fire, dreaming of returning with the rest of us...
I'm in!
A few hours into the trip they realized they didn't have cash (or a debit card to get cash) to get into a campground site. Somehow Geoff tried to get cash by putting his American Express card into a machine and the machine didn't give it back. I happened to have his only other credit card in my wallet, so they were five hours away for the weekend with no way to buy anything, including gas home! Let the adventure begin!
Later, by some wonderful stroke of luck, Ceci found my lost credit card in her jacket that had been missing since our Oregon trip! But in the meantime, they had found a perfect, free campsite on BLM land.
Geoff slept in this small tent and Ceci attempted a night in a hammock with a tarp rigged over it, but in the end slept in the front seat like this:
They took walks along amazing paths full of wildflowers (the wildflowers have been amazing this year!!!)
They went on a 30-mile bike ride through fields and forests with some of the most spectacular scenery either of them had ever seen. On the way back they out-peddled a hail storm but couldn't quite beat a very cold rain storm (see a soaking Ceci below).
They swam in Jenny's lake and Ceci built a cairn on the shore to mark her having been there.
They went on an all-day, 13-mile hike, starting at sunset, taking a boat shuttle across Jenny's lake, and then into unbelievably beautiful country where 5659 pictures tried to capture it.
The wildlife was amazing. Wild animals are so used to hikers passing by on the trails that they go about their business a few yards away. First some moose, then a digging fox, and then this bear, that later crossed the trail literally 10 feet in front of them without a care of their presence! It was magical.
And they ended off their four days of perfection with a late night fire, dreaming of returning with the rest of us...
I'm in!
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