Grand Tetons

Posted by Alyssa Howlett , Wednesday, June 30, 2010 12:17 PM

The Grand Tetons are stunning! Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! I loved them! We had a really fun day and this park. We were “let loose” to do what ever we wanted at Jenny Lake. So a bunch of us went Kayaking! It was a blast! I had never been before but I thought, Hey this would be fun and another adventure, sign me up! So we put or swim suits on and then more clothes since it was hot outside, but about 55 in the water, BRR! We all got two person kayaks, so went with Kurt and we were so pro and kayaking! We had the paddling thing down so quickly! The view was great, we were right next to the mountains! We had a blast, I got splashed a lot, but it was ok, it was hot out! We were on the lake for about 2 hours and then we all hung out on the shore for the rest of the day just hanging out! It was a great day!

We then headed to make camp, this was a lot more wooded and more rustic, bathrooms not as nice and again, no joke, THERE WAS A BEAR IN THE AREA. What is up with bear following us around! BOO. We made dinner and then went to take our last shower for the trip (mind you we have 4 days left of this journey…. Yes….. gross…) anyway it was nice to shower, but it was the worst shower ever, I cut myself trying to shave and uuugk it was not a good time. Later that night it rained, my favorite. I love camping in tent while it is rainings with the poetical to get all wet and get eaten by a bear! WOO for camping. I ended up waking up with wet feet. Yes the rain came in the tent again and my sleeping bag was wet and the bag that my sleeping bag goes in was wet…. Gross. We got all packed up, and the ranger came by and told us the bear walked right through our camp last night…. Good thing it just walked. Woah scary and creepy though. Oh I have been choosing to sleep with ear plugs in, because I did not want to hear any little rustle of anything. So I guess this is good, I did not hear that bear!

We packed up the vans ( I am a pro packer, I mean I packed the bug with all my school stuff, packing a 15 passenger van with camping gear, easy.) Another reason that our van rocks, is that our van was packed and ready to go before any other van, yes! We are awesome! I also gave up the driver seat. I was tiered of constantly driving so for the rest of the trip Kelli drove and I got to be the passenger! We stopped at the Tetons and talked about how they formed and we also stopped at the largest recorded US landslide. Then headed to the wind rivers! This was a long long car ride, but we made it fun with singing and playing games! Our van was also getting realy gross right now, full of clothes, food, and people. But at least we were having fun!