July 22, 2020

Last minute decision to visit the Tetons had us on a 3 day 2 night vacation - D, Ang, Kenz, Mason, Cam, and Sadie. We stayed at the cutest little Airbnb in Tetonia. It was such a great little place to stay. Cows in the backyard, birds of prey flying past, waking up to the sounds of elk, plus a view of the backside of the Tetons out the window. I absolutely love the Teton Valley in Idaho. I’ve only visited twice but each time it just speaks to my soul. I just might have to move to Driggs someday.

As far as the Tetons went, we had a good hike to Taggart Lake Monday afternoon after a long drove to get there. I love this hike and we sat on a rock at the lake for awhile and put our feet in the water. We took the long trail back - not realizing it was the long trail. Sorry kids. 

Tuesday in the park saw us pretty much driving around looking for a parking spot. We drove the Jenny lake scenic drive twice on accident but listened to some Queen to make things better and found a pullout that we took advantage of. We ate lunch at the pullout and then Darren found us a little place that took us down to Jenny Lake to a fabulous spot where we hung out skipping rocks and stacking rocks and throwing rocks and sitting on the rocks. This was my favorite part of the trip. Darren and I tried to walk in the lake on the rocks but it was too painful. 

After that a few of us wanted to hike to Hidden Falls so we did. Kind of a rough start as some did not like that idea while some did. It was a good hike where we found the spot Darren and I had taken Kenzie and Mason 19 years ago. We made it to the waterfall and it felt like Corona city so we left quite quickly. We decided to ride the ferry back across the lake which gave us a little Disneyland feel as we had to wait in line. 

Then it was back to our place but not before waiting 90 minutes to get our dinner. Luckily it was pretty much worth the wait to eat a little Brakeman Grill burgees, fries, and onion rings. Mmm. We watched some more Alone episodes and played Scum and enjoyed staying at the Black Beauty. 

Wednesday we dropped Darren and Mason off in Pinedale where Tanner met us - for their backpacking trip with Clayton and Josh and Brian and Taylor and Matt to the wind rivers (pretty much doing the trip D and I did 2 weeks ago).