The first two nights were spent in the Grand Tetons National Park. The first night it was made clear to me that Crystal was not playing around when came to the threat of bears. No precaution was overlooked. And to her credit, we didn't get attacked by any bears. We did however see a few. Our first full day there we did a ten mile hike that took us 3000 feet up to some mountain top lakes. It was a tough hike, but it was all made worth it once we reached to top. The lakes were beautiful and we even saw a young cub on our way down.
Surprise lake was the first of the two lakes at the top.
About 4 tenths of a mile up was Amphitheater Lake.
Unfortunately our cameras zoom ends about here, so getting a better shot would have required getting closer to the bear and just couldn't put Crystal through that.
The next day we took a little easier because of the effects of the day before and went and saw the hidden falls next to South Jenny Lake.
That night we camped in Yellowstone and spent the next day seeing all the sights there.We of course saw Old Faithful, but my personal favorite had to be the hot springs. The colors of the hot springs were incredible.
Today we went to Mount Evans which is one of the many 14er's found in the Rocky Mountains. I would like to say we got up early and spent all day hiking steep trails, but that was just not the case. We drove all but the last quarter mile or so. The views were great, but it was hard feeling like we had earned it.
Wednesday we are making the trip back to Tennessee and we are a little sad to leave Denver. We have had a blast here and we hope to make it back one day.
