I love Grand Teton National Park! It is so beautiful. When Jeff and I were here in 2005 (pre-kids), we camped at Jenny Lake, but this time we were just here for the day. I believe this is the actual Grand Teton Mountain, but the park includes a whole range of mountains that have snow at the top.
We took the boat across Jenny Lake. The kids loved this. It is about a 5 minute boat ride that takes you to a trailhead that will lead to our destination, Inspiration Point.
The trail was beautiful. A bubbling creek, and a rock field were only a few of the interesting things we saw.
Obligatory flower picture from the trail. I was trying to get the bumble bee, but he kept moving behind the flowers.
Hidden Falls is a very beautiful waterfalls that was near the beginning of our hike.
We were almost there and noticed some storm clouds, so we stopped when we got some cell service so Jeff could check the radar. It looked like the rain was going to miss us, so we hiked onward.
We finally made it to Inspiration Point! In the Kline family, this same photo was taken when Grandpa and his brother Uncle Doug were here when they were the same ages as our boys. We wanted to carry on the tradition.
While we were there, we had a little snack. Carson loves climbing rocks so he didn't want to stop doing that while eating his Cliff Bar.
It started raining as we began to hike back down to the boat. Turns out another storm developed that did not miss us.
Daddy was trying to be an umbrella for the boys. It was kind of too late by that time; we were all soaked.
When we got back to the Visitor's Center, the boys finished their Junior Ranger booklets (after getting sent back to find more info from the grumpy Ranger lady), and took the Junior Ranger Oath. Another badge to add to their vests!
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