Hike in the Tetons

Paul, Dad and I took a 20 mile (or more in my estimation!) hike through the Tetons from the Driggs side to the Jackson side. We hiked for 12 hours with only a half hour rest at lunch. In fact toward the end we were jogging in spurts because we had to catch the last boat across Jenny Lake or we would have to walk another two miles.
It was a beautiful hike. We started out when it was barely light. Early in the hike we saw several moose. One pair of moose tried to block our path, but after watching them for a while we made a circle around them and continued on down the trail. At one point it seemed like the male would charge at us, but then changed his mind. Moose can be mean.
We climbed up through fields of wildflowers as tall as our shoulders. When we got to the top of Hurricane Pass we sat just in front of the Tetons and had lunch. Table Mountain was to our left and the Tetons to the right. After lunch we climbed down into the valley of the South Cascade Fork. We passed glaciers which melted into small streams. At one point the glacier water formed a green lake, then the various streams combined to get larger and larger, all the time cascading down the mountains and passing through green meadows of flowers. It was beautiful!
I hope you enjoy our pictures! Sorry, only 5 pictures were allowed. I am not sure they loaded. I will try later.