Timmy @ Taggart Lake
Though it was not necessarily planned this way, we ended up spending the entire week in the Teton Forest. We did try to go into Grand Teton Ntnl Park on Thursday, and even got in a quick 3.2 mile hike to Taggart Lake, but the majority of the trails were still under snow so all our plans for hiking in the Tetons were shot.
We came up with the simple plan of going back out to the Forest campgrounds and stay there, were we had fantastic views and solitude at no cost, until Sunday or Monday before heading into the Coulter Bay portion of Teton for a nights camping including a shower (first in 7 days) and laundry. We will then spend Monday repeating a few of last year’s hikes in the Coulter area.
Over the past few days, we have kept ourselves as busy as possible with daily-life chores (cleaning, working, gathering, etc) enough to not go crazy. Timmy and I built a “fort” and Tee-Pee (is that how you spell that?) out of the misc large branches laying about. I have gone for a few short runs and hikes, and we did a little target shooting as well. Add that to our ‘chores’ and our days went fairly quickly. Our evenings, once the sun sets after 10pm, is normally a quick 30-40 minutes of videos on the laptop before going down for the night. The three of us fell into a good rhythm this week, and hopefully we can keep this going for the next 2 weeks we are still on the road.
Oh, one thing I am very excitied about; Timmy and I found this ideal branch to be used as a walking stick. Actually, two sticks once we cut it down to the proper lengths. So, we have spent time each day knifing away at these sticks adding our own custom flavor to each. I’ve been looking for a wad of wood like this for a year. I know I can by one from a store, but the idea of making my own from nature’s supply is much more attractive. Mission accomplished!
I have continued to add pictures in both the Grand Teton National Park and Teton Forest albums
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