Lake for the Week

Michelle and I went to the lake on Tuesday.  I took Scarlett, Ike, and Sadie with me to the lake because Michelle had a Dr. appointment and Nikon had basketball practice.  They came out later.  Scarlett was a watching a movie in the back seat and must have gotten car sick because she threw up right when we got to the town of Spirit Lake.  Luckily it was all on her dress and we were able to get her dress off without making a mess.  Grammy came out in the afternoon too.  It was a beautiful day at the lake. Before Michelle, Nixon and Grammy got there, I took Ike, Scarlett, and Sadie on the 4 wheeler into town to get a part of the hose that had broken.  We got ice cream cones at Millers too.  On the way back we got pulled over by the police.  I was so scared that I was going to get another ticket, but he was nice and just told me that if we were going to ride the 4 wheeler in town that the kids needed to have helmets.  

 Kirt, Tanner, Garret, and I went to the lake Friday night and spent the night and stayed all day Saturday.  Kirt and Tanner kayaked down Brickle Creek.  They didn't go as high as Kirt and I did last time and only ran into a few trees.  They made it down and into Spirit Lake and then kayaked across the lake back to Silver Beach.  

Grand Tetons and Yellowstone

When we left the family reunion on Friday, we drove up to Provo and spent an hour with my friend Candice and her family.  (Of course I forgot to take a picture.) Then we drove and stayed the night in Idaho Falls.  We went to Pizza Pie Cafe for dinner while we waited for a prescription for Tanner.  He has an ear infection and Dr. Skidmore called in some antibiotic drops for his ear.  On Saturday we went to Grand Teton National Parks.  We came into the Tetons from the south and drove along Moose-Wilson Road.  

We stopped and did a 2 mile hike out and back to the Phelps Lake overlook on Death Canyon Trail. View of Phelps Lake.

We stopped and had lunch at Dornans.

 Then we rode up to Jenny Lake.  We took the shuttle boat across the lake and walked up to Hidden Falls and Inspiration Peak.  That was about 2 miles. Then we walked 2.5 miles around Jenny Lake back to where we took the shuttle boat across.  

 On the shuttle boat

 Hidden Falls

 Views of Jenny Lake from Inspiration Peak.

 Coulter Bay where we stayed the night

 Dinner at Coulter Bay

 Our cabin at Coulter Bay

 North side of Jackson Lake as we drove north out of the Tetons. 

 As you leave the Tetons from the North, you enter into Yellowstone National Park.  We stopped and took a quick picture at Lewis Falls. 

 West stopped at Lower Geyser Basin on our way before leaving the park through the west entrance.  Everyone was a little antsy to get home.