The Big Hike

Monday we went into Jackson Hole Wy and did the laundry again. After laundry we had lunch at a chinese resuratnt and walked  around town and did a little shopping. This town is like Palm Springs very high end. In the park they have four huge archways bulit form thousands of Elk antlers.
Tuesday the Moose were back in camp early. We grabbed the camera and walked over to see them again. This time there were only two the mama and her young bull. We followed them until they crossed the river behind the campground and then headed for Jenny Lake. We had heard from our neighbors that you could take a boat across the lake and hike up the mountain. We got there early enough to sign up to go with the ranger on an informational hike. When I saw she had bear spray with her I went to the car and got mine. We arrived on the other side of  Jenny Lake about 9:45 am and began the hike, there were about eighteen people in our group. The Ranger went slow and stopped to talk with us about every half hour. It was very informative and we learned allot. The first part of the hike was not bad climbing about 400 ft, but the second half got steep and narrow. This was no place for anyone afraid of heights, Holy Sh!!. The last part of the trail was steep and very narrow and rocky. You worked your way along a narrow ledge that dropped off hundreds of feet. Lynn's legs were getting tired and mine were wobbling and the altitude was making me dizzy. When we finally made it to Inspiration Point I was inspired to never ever do this again. Now all we have to do is go down and try and make it back to the boat without the Ranger, she left. I think going down the narrow ledge was scarier than going up. We got back to the boat at 2:30 pm. Imagine stepping down three steps at a time in a stairway on loose rocks. OK that's enough of that we had fun and both had Charley horses in our legs that night.

Arch of Elk Antlers there are four of these in the park.

I met a guy in the camp ground who invited me to go fly fishing with him in the Grose Verant River that runs behind the campground. This was after I got home from the hike ohh. So we headed out and hiked to the river he was very knowledgeable and we caught a few Cutthroat Trout. When the sun went down it got cold fast so we headed back before it was too dark to see the bears. I found out my waders leak and my feet were frozen. The next morning we headed for Utah. We took the back roads and it was a beautiful drive that followed the Snake river. The old motor home struggled a couple of times going over the mountains but she made it without over heating. We stayed in a Walmart in Ogdon Utah. We were tired from traveling so we ate out at a Chillies across the street. After dinner we went into Walmart and did the grocery shopping and we both got a haircut, boy we needed that.

Yes that is frost on the bushes. It is 25 degrees this morning.

Good bye Moose it's been fun.

Our Ranger Jamie.

That's where we are going, up there?

I will give you some inspiration, don't listen to you wife.

It is beutiful up here. We started hiking down on the lake.

The scary ledge.

Hidden falls on the way up.

We left the Walmart this morning and we are now in Beaver Utah at a Passport America private campground with full hookups for $12.00 a night. We are going to Bryce Canyon from here it is only fifty miles away and Las Vegas is 200 miles south. The weather is great here 85 days and 45 at night. I have allot of pictures of our hike but still have slow downloads so I will try and send a couple of pictures. Tight lines and safe travels.