Hiking Tetons & On To Park City

     Welcome back to the B&A Retour!  Glad you rejoined us. The day begins May 19, 2022

This sign in the Hostel in beautiful Teton Village says it all! We followed their advice on our last day in Grand Teton National Park starting with a 3.2 mile-hike roundtrip to Taggert Lake, a small glacial lake at the foot of the Tetons. 

The trail rose up through Aspen-forest and was alternately muddy and snow covered. These lakes slowly fill in with avalanche debris

On the shore of Taggert Lake

 

View to Grand Teton on return trail from Taggert

With the day still relatively young, we were eager to move on to Jenny Lake and  Hidden Falls. Snow came right down to the waters edge at Jenny Lake. Boyd is pictured by the shore of Jenny Lake.

We came across this mangy young bull moose browsing for food along the trail. 

 

We ended our hike around Jenny Lake with a well-deserved boat ride back to the trailhead, having hiked another 4 miles around the lake.

 

Leaving Teton Village the next morning it was borderline freezing and the backroads leading to Park City were crossing back and forth across the borders of Idaho, Wyomming and Utah.  Sleet pummeled the Highlander, but eventually we came out into the sun while passing through numerous desolate looking towns in Utah.  A house from another era presented down one of the side streets we passed, and it was so evocative I had to stop and take the picture.

 

We cruised into Park City in the early evening and have been catching up with Cassie and Kris while staying at their home in Park City.  Pictured here is Cassie at 39 weeks in downtown Park City with Kris and Boyd in the foreground. This picture was taken after hiking from her home to downtown Park City on the Prospector Trail, a little over 3 miles.

After the hike we all headed to the local gym where Cassie has worked out continuously during pregnancy, staying in exceptionally good shape even at 39 weeks pregnant. 

 

 May 23^rd is induction day for Cassie!  We are wishing her all the best for an uneventful delivery.  We can’t wait to meet Emmi!