It's Friday and time to move on. We drove through Yellowstone again on our way South to the Grand Teton NP. We stopped to see Lewis and Moose Falls on our way out of Yellowstone. We found our campsite on Grassy Lake Road and set up in time for lunch. After lunch we drove further into the park stopping at overlooks and Colter Bay Visitor Center. We took a side road in Oxbow Bend to the river access and saw where they used to have a log bridge crossing Snake River. Then we drove out Pacific Creek Road and up to Two Ocean Lake. No wildlife. We drove on to Signal Mountain and drove to the top for the views. Beautiful. Time to head back to the camper for dinner. After dinner we drove down Grassy Lake road to the hot springs trailhead and looked for wildlife. No luck there but we did see some mule deer on the way back.
Saturday we decided to hike Cascade Canyon. We started at Jenny Lake hiking around the lake and then to Hidden Falls and up to Inspiration Point. Ended up with thirteen miles in. Lot's of people on this popular hike. After we got into the canyon we saw three moose, a bald eagle, pika, chipmunks, and squirrels. Poor moose had lots of people waiting on them to do something special. Paparazzi everywhere. After our hike we relaxed and swam in String Lake. A lady next to us ended up losing a Croc in the mud at the bottom. We helped search. On the way back to the camper we drove by Oxbow Bend to see the bears. Oh my, what a mess of people. We just headed back to the trailer and got dinner in. While we were eating we got a visit from the Flagg Ranch Guy. Said that where we were camping was private property of the Ranch and that we would need to move on. Out to the parking lot with the rest of the homeless for the night. At least we got one night there. We talked to another couple that couldn't find a place to stay either from Denver. Told us a few places to check out on our way there.
Sunday we got up and headed back to String lake and hiked to Holly Lake up Paintbrush Canyon. 12.4 mile day. Not nearly as crowded and it was a beautiful canyon. It is a strenous hike 9410 feet. The only wildlife we saw were Pika, Falcon, chipmunks, and squirrels. We were exhausted after the hike. A quick dip in the lake to cool and clean off, dinner in the parking lot, and search for a camping spot. No luck. Ended up spending the night at a pull over spot.
Monday we got up, visited the Mormans Row and the Church of the Transfiguration. Then we headed out to Lander to catch up with friends before they left. We are going to spend some time checking out the Wind River Range.
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