Jackson Action

Since I've last posted, Jesse and I have traveled out of (boring/flat) South Dakota and across the beautiful state of Wyoming. After badlands, we camped in the Bighorn national forest, located in the north-eastern part of the state. We didn't spend much time there, because we woke up early the next morning to drive to Jackson, which is all the way on the west side of the state. The drive was hands-down the most beautiful we had encountered- curvy canyon roads and epic mountain passes seemed to come one after another.

We arrived in Jackson in the late afternoon when we met Sharon at her condo. We didnt stay their long as we embarked on a 5-mile hike around some lakes in Grand Teton National Park. We saw a moose on this hike, very close to the trail.




The next day, we embarked on a lenghty and strenuous hike to lake surprise. It was about 5 miles each way, climbing 4000 feet. Sharon is the fastest hiker we've ever seen.. One stop for water and she was gone..far ahead. The lake was gorgeous and still partially frozen.


We had to hike through a hefty amount of snow to get there. On the way down the mountain, we were hit by a 10-minute rain and hail storm which looked really cool from up high and graced us with a rainbow.

From Jackson, we took the day to drive through yellowstone, which was full of Bison and Elk. Then on to Bozeman, MT where we couchsurfed last night. Today, we are heading up to Glacier National park, where we will camp for two nights and do a few hikes that we scoped out on their website.

-Ethan