When hiking the Teton Crest Trail you are not supposed to prepare food or eat near your tent to keep food odors away from where you're going to sleep, so we ate near the lake and talked to other people hiking. Freeze dried food tastes pretty good when you're really hungry, and it's quick and easy to prepare. It wasn't too hard to fall asleep after our long hike, so our first night on the trail was a good one.
This is last night's camp site. It was dry while we were there, so the camp site was pretty dusty, and I tried to pack everything while in the tent to keep the dirt off our gear. It's really hard to pack up when it's in the low 30's in the morning, staying in the tent is much more inviting.
The blue container in this photo is our bear canister, which I call the bear barrel. All the food we take on the trail must be kept in this bear barrel overnight, along with any scented items we might have, like deodorant. It's constructed so that bears can't open it or crush it to get at our food. It's pretty heavy, and goes in Bob's backpack for him to carry all day long.
We're on the trail again, and it's a clear cold morning. We hiked in shorts and short sleeves the last time we hiked this trail, but this year I started every day wearing my down jacket, and Bob wore his long sleeved shirt. It warmed up mid morning so we could hike without our coats, but we definitely didn't hike in shorts and short sleeves this year.
This is looking back at Marion Lake, where we spent last night.
The sky was clear, the weather was cool, and we kept on hiking and enjoying the scenery. I took many, many pictures, and it's so hard to decide which ones to post. We were happy to finally see the Grand Teton far off in the distance.
When we hiked this trail before there were beautiful wild flowers every where, but this time the weather was much cooler, and there was a hard frost a few days before we started our hike. These were some of the few flowers we saw, but they're still very pretty.
This looks like Monument Valley, but it's here on the Teton Crest Trail. The sky was clear and beautiful the entire time we hiked this trail.
This is looking towards Death Canyon Shelf. When Bob said we might spend the night on Death Canyon Shelf I had a fit because I just knew I'd fall off that shelf in the middle of the night. As you can see, the shelf is very wide so I had no worries about falling off, but we kept on going. We want to spend the night at Sunset Lake.
Another sign: BEAR HABITAT. I know that, you don't have to remind me!
This is a good place to take a break, with the Grand Teton straight ahead.
It's hard to see, but there's a trail in that canyon, The Death Canyon Trail. It's a side trail that you can hike to get to the Teton Crest Trail or you can hike down it and off the Teton Crest Trail too. No, we didn't take it, we kept on hiking.
Sunset Lake dead ahead! We can set up our tent anywhere around the lake, and there are a lot of nice camp sites. It's a good place to stop for the night because there's a major hill to climb first thing in the morning.
Tomorrow...The Grand Teton!
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