After a fitful sleep (for Chris at least; Stuart claimed he had a great night’s sleep) we awoke in the truck to a stunning view of huge mountains and colourful foothills. The drive from Dubois to Grand Teton National Park was unbelievable. The mountains dominated the landscape and were extremely impressive, especially considering that we had not up until that point seen a single mountain all trip. We passed through Jackson Hole and entered the park, hoping to eat lunch at the Jackson Lake Lodge. Unfortunately Jackson Lake was closed, but we had a great lunch at Signal Mountain Lodge. After lunch we set up camp, meeting three people from France who were in the campsite adjacent to ours.
After we both took naps, we decided to go hiking. We found a trailhead near our camp and set out on the two mile hike to Taggart Lake. As we set out on the trail we saw a man and woman coming back with snow shoes in their hands. Seeing no noticeable snow on the ground, we mocked the couple to ourselves. About a quarter mile later, we would eat our words, as we were forced to trudge through knee high snow for the remainder of the hike. The lake, when we finally reached it, was beautiful.
We were famished after hiking so we decided to have a big meal that night at the lodge. Both of us ordered the most expensive item on the menu, an eight ounce filet mignon on top of a crab cake. The steaks were by far the best meal we had had on the trip. After dinner we took a drive around the park and ran into a pair of moose, herds of elk and many bison. At the campsite that night we sat around the fire and made S’mores until we fell asleep.
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