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Oops ... I deleted this image by accident. I'll see if I can recover it - it might be on Dave Yorty's comp. in SLC. |
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We left Flagg Ranch in a hurry this a.m. because of a thunderstorm ... we awoke around 5:30 a.m. and had the tent taken down and packed up, and our luggage in the car, by 5:50! I apologize for the poor quality of this picture; it was raining (notice the spots on my camera lens) and the lighting was terrible (remember it's about 6:30 a.m. now). |
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Another attempt to improve the lighting, but to no avail. |
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Aren't the Tetons gorgeous? In the foreground is Jenny Lake, and in the back ground are the northern mountains of the Grand Teton range. They are as jagged and snow-covered as I expected, perhaps more. |
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A closer view of one of the Grand Teton mountains. |
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More mountains ... one of these (I think the one on the left) is the tallest peak in the range ... "Grand Teton" itself. Notice the glacier about 1/3 of the way into the pic from the left. |
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A view of the flat part of "Death Canyon" trail that Andy and I hiked. After the morning rain, the sun broke through and we had a pleasantly cool morning for our hike. |
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A view of Phelps Lake and the "Jackson Hole" to the south. This was mid-way along our hike ... we had to climb to this overlook, descend to the intersection with the "valley trail", and then climb again back into the mountain. |
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Here's Andy at the most-upward point of our hike. We only had 3 hrs to hike, so we stopped here beside a waterfall and ate, drank, and rested. The trail continued upward but we didnt'. |
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Another view of Phelps lake. |
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More of the lake. |
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Whew ... all done! nbsp This hike was intense ... I don't look so exhausted, but I'm completely covered in sweat and the bugs are attacking while this pic is being taken. |
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If you look closely at the map, we started our hike near the "red lettering" just to the right of Phelps lake. We hiked to the intersection of trails just to the north of the lake, and then continued along and to the west ... not quite reaching the next intersection and that deadly-looking series of switchbacks. The section of trail that goes NW from the lake doesn't look like it's a climb, but trust me, we went up until we stopped. |
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Yea! A new state for Brad! Let's see ... I believe it's # 8. |
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This is the welcome to Utah sign ... new state # 9 for Brad. Andy was so excited and ready to get to Salt Lake City to visit with friends that I barely had enough time to shoot this poor-quality image. |
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We made it to Salt Lake City! This is a view of the city from one of the overlook points ... for the poor lighting, I'm impressed with the picture quality. |