At Roosevelt Lodge we enjoyed a hot breakfast: Huckleberry Pancakes and a Western Egg Skillet. Then we packed up to get moving towards Grand Teton to the South.
Hayden Valley – lots of tourists out on the hillside waiting for a pack of wolves to come out of the forest on the far side of the meadow:
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West Thumb has a small geothermal area where springs are actually in the lake.
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The first view of the Teton Range:
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Once in Grand Teton, we hiked to Hermitage Point
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Wildlife was abundant on the hike – we saw Osprey, heron (pictured below), deer, beavers, and lots of smaller critters
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Lots of spiky plants:
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And to round out the evening, we visited the unfortunately lackluster lit Ox-Bow Bend, a famous photograph location.
Trip Counter:
– Cumulative Caffeine Count: 28
– Sly foxes: 4
– Puppy Count: 2