Sunday, July 12, 2009

Grand Tetons in Wyoming


Wow! Never seen such contrast....blue blue sky, white snow-capped, craggy mountains and green meadows and forest. The Teton Range is breathtaking.
I hiked up over a moraine to a lake that was formed by a glacier sliding off the mountain, gouging out a big hole and pushing the earth to form a berm called a moraine.
Herd of elk.
About 3 hours into the hike the sky turned dark and suddenly rain drops were falling....I hastened my pace as I had not brought a raincoat, then came the HAIL....I was practically running down the trail laughing and cussing as I still had over a mile to go...thank God I had a hat on or it would have hurt. I got back to the van soaked. Lesson learned...never hike without a raincoat!

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