On Tuesday we left Yellowstone and traveled to Grand Teton National Park. You left one park and entered the other at the Northern entrance.
Once again what a beautiful National Park! After we set up camp at Signal Mountain Campground, we drove to Moose Junction stopping at many beautiful spots. We went down around Jenny Lake and saw Sting Lake and decided to go kayaking the next day. You have to obtain passes in order to go on the lakes. We took hundreds of pictures and was amazed at how high the Grand Tetons are. In geological years they are considered teenagers.
One of the mountains we saw was Mt. Moran which is 12,605 ft high. On the peak you can see brown sandstone. The scientists know that there is a layer of sandstone 24,000 feet below the earth that was once connected to Mt. Moran. How awesome!
We drove to the summit of Signal Mountain for sunset. Signal Mountain is 7593 ft high. The sunset was beautiful.
On Wednesday we went to String Lake and then portaged our kayaks for .1 of a mile to Leigh Lake. We then went to the base of Mount Moran and touched the rocks there. As we were on our way to the mountain there were dark clouds coming from behind the mountain. We turned and headed back when it started to thunder. I did not know we could paddle that fast. As we rounded one of the points we saw a bolt of lighting. We decided to get out on the shore and wait out the storm. It rained for just a few minutes and there was no more thunder or lighting and we headed back towards home. We portaged back to String Lake and just enjoyed the beauty of the autumn colors and the beautiful landscape.
On the way back to the camp we went by Jenny Lake and there was a bear eating an elk. I was able to get close enough to snap pictures through the trees. Wow!!
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