Teton Crest Trail - Day 4

This is our last day on the trail, and it's definitely a downhill hiking day. The trail we're on, The Cascade Canyon Trail, is really a great trail for our last day because it's not very rocky or steep. We also encountered signs of civilization on this trail, but I'm not sure if that's good or bad.

Bob's enjoying his last cup of coffee before we head out. Those Starbucks singles really taste great for breakfast on the trail.

The sun is up, but down here at our campsite it's still brisk. Ha. Did you notice that Bob's wearing his down jacket again?

Looking back towards the Tetons.

I worried about seeing a bear for three days and three nights. Now, on our last day on the trail, look what we saw! Not a bear, but bear poop! What did that bear eat? Holy cow!  It was a huge pile of orange berries, and when I asked Mr. Ranger about it he confirmed it. Fresh bear poop. FRESH! We just missed seeing a bear on the trail! Bob was really disappointed. Not me!

We're below the tree line now, but we can still see glaciers way up there.

There it is: Jenny Lake, and our truck's waiting for us on the other side of the lake. Ah.....

We did see this moose when we were close to the end of the trail. He was happily munching leaves and didn't move at all when he saw us.

This is his momma. Mr. Ranger was there trying to keep everyone back because you don't want to get between a momma moose and her baby.

The last time we hiked The Teton Crest Trail we hiked around the lake.  It's two more miles, and we decided that we don't really need to hike those final miles again. Been there, done that, so we took the water shuttle across the lake this time.
That paper on my pack is the hiking permit we got from the National Park Service. They limit the number of people on the Teton Crest Trail, so we applied for our permit in January and hiked it in early September.

And we're done!!! We always celebrate when finish hiking a trail with an ice cream treat. Of course, after we went back and got cleaned up, we headed to The Blue Buffalo, a wonderful steak restaurant in Jackson for the real treat!

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