The Grand Tetons

Laura, Cathleen and I (which are also the names of 2 of my sisters) decide to take a trip to Grand Teton National Park for an overnight trip. I thought it might be fun to stay just a step up from a tent, so I called the Teton Lodging Co. and was delighted to find an opening for a tent-cabin at Colter Bay in Jackson Lake. A tent-cabin, I learned, is a structure with 2 log walls and 2 canvas walls and a canvas ceiling. It has 4 bunks and a wood stove for heat. And all for just $59! Excellent.

We first arrive to our tent-cabin...



Hmmmm...


Well...

Somehow I am starting to think I didn't hit a home run on this one...

The girls seem a little deflated. Well, we'll make the best of it anyway. Even if our beds are hanging from chains.

We head about an hour south into the town of Jackson, WY.

The entrance to the town square is an arch made entirely of antlers...




Jackson's version of the horse drawn carriage...


After some time in town, and a delicious thai food dinner at Teton Thai (I hadn't had thai food in over 2 months and missed it so much!) we drive on back to the Tetons.

The sun sets slowly on the Tetons...




Sunset in campgroundland...


For some reason, I awake at dawn, and it feels to be about 35 degrees! Though my friends are sleeping, I assume they are cold, too. So, I bravely go where I have not gone before, and build a fire from scratch in the little, rusty wood stove. And believe it or not - it worked! The fire lasted for nearly 3 hours. I was so proud - not just because I built a fire but because I was also providing warmth for my friends. Now I can pitch a tent AND build a fire. Not bad for a city girl.


Since I am awake at dawn I may as well take advantage of it and capture the sky...


We decide to eat our breakfast later on a dock on Jackson Lake...

A lightening storm eventually moves us off, but it sure was cool to see lightening over the Tetons.