Friday, May 23, 2008

In case you couldn't tell, we went to Grand Teton National Park today. It was BEAUTIFUL. We had a great time. We went to Jenny Lake and took a bunch of really pretty pictures of the lake and the mountain. We wanted to hike around to the other side and up to Hidden Falls, but they said the trail was 80% snow covered so we just walked around on the trail that was by the lake shore. It was a really nice day in spite of it being cloudy. The sun even came out for a while and we were able to enjoy getting a little pink. There was also a ton of wildlife around the lake, including a lot of different birds and some really teeny little chipmunks. On the way back to the car we were able to see one of them up close and personal as we stood very very still while it was running around looking for food. It was right at our feet no more than three feet or so away. The best part was how it would run around and then just stop there and stand on its hind legs and look around. It was really funny.
Here's a picture for your viewing enjoyment and another picture of us at the lake so you can believe that it really was as pretty as we say. As we were leaving Jenny Lake, Zann

decided he wanted to take as many pictures as possible of all the different license plates of all the different states that were there. We took over 10 pictures. Just when I thought Zann couldn't get any geekier, he always surprises me. After we ate lunch, we took more and ended up taking over 20. We even got a picture of one from Canada. In the evening we went to the Bar J Chuckwagon and ate some great food and saw the Bar J Wranglers. It was pretty expensive, but the food was pretty good and the show was really really good. I had a steak and Amber had chicken and beef. The show was a lot of fun, the Wranglers were really funny and sang some really great songs. It was a great time. More to come!!

4 comments:

Shawn said...

I loved trying to find all 50 state license plates when we went to Jackson / Yellowstone. Probably no better place in the country to try. How many did you find?

Bec said...

Yeah, these Anderson boys are quite geeky (see comment by Shawn and/or our ENTIRE blog for evidence, lol). The lake scenery looks too gorgeous to be true. I'll bet you had a blast! Did you go for any reason other than "for fun?"

Zann said...

I think the final count was 34, but that includes British Columbia, which isn't actually a state. I think we decided that the south was the least well-represented region of the country, but I don't remember for sure. There were more there but we got a little lazy about taking pictures after a while. Maybe next time we'll make a better effort.

Mary Ann said...

I loved your blog. I giggled at your comment about being good and staying for all three portions of church one day. You guys are going to love having a baby because a baby can get you out of any boring, cold, or otherwise miserable church meeting. You simply tell you spouse your baby is being too cranky, rambunctious, giggly, playful, etc. and you are out of there!