Day 6 - June 13th



Jackson CabinLoaded the van without pulling down the tents. The plan was to jet back up to Grand Teton National Park and to do some hiking. Grand TetonOn the way back up we could at least see the mountains they call the grand tetons. We took a stop at the visitors center to give us the chance to buy some souvenirs. I bought some postcards and a poster (lets see if it makes it).

We decided to do a hike up through cascade canyon. First this involved walking around Lake Jenny. It was very cold and the wind was blowing very hard.Hidden Falls First we made a detour to a waterfall called hidden falls. Why they call it hidden fall is news to me because it was fairly large. We then hiked up to inspiration point. The view of both the mountains and the valley was very, well 'inspirational'. View from Inspiration PointThe chipmunks up there were extremely tame. Bordering on being pests. If you were not watching they would pinch the food out of your hand. We walked up into cascade canyon for about 20 minutes (following a cascading river). Then it was time to turn around, and head back for lunch at the van. The majority decided to sloth it and catch the boat back instead of walking back around the lake. We had to prepare lunch on a rock as there were no tables. It was though the rock was purposely built for that task.

Cascade CanyonThen we drove back to Jackson taking our last looks at the Grand Tetons, yes they were grand indeed. I would say the Grand Tetons would be in my top 3 list of the most scenic places I have seen on my travels. Arrived at the campground and we had to squeeze into a very small area and share with a lot of ducks. The polish hot dogs for dinner were something that has to be tried to be believed. There was also a small incident where 8 male ducks tried to mate with one poor female, at the one time !! distressing but eh it is spring time.
So onto the nights entertainment. We were going to the town meeting. That is what they call Tuesday nights, $ beers and $4 jugs (pitchers), everyone is there. Well we drunk a lot of beer and some more beer after that at the log cabin . Some of us showed off tattoos, was that Elvis ? some sang down the main street of Jackson and some just kept walking and missed the campground all together : )

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