Time to get the snowboard waxed!

The trees in our front yard this morning! Beautiful!

It's here!

Old man Winter has arrived! We have snow in the forecast everyday this week. I suppose I can't ignore it anymore. Time to embrace it and get ready for some snowy fun!

The clouds lifted and left behind a little white stuff today

Fire in the sky

                                             Monday's magnificent Teton Valley sunset

The Fall Squeeze

Every fall I have an extreme urgency to get as much hiking, backpacking, biking, camping, floating, in before the snow flies. Because once that snow blower turns on it usually doesn't stop until May. Sometimes June! So, it's been "crunch time," here in the Tetons cramming in as much outdoor activity as possible. I want to be satisfied from my summer & and fall and not dread the impending winter like I always do. So, now I question myself. Am I ever really satisfied that I'm getting in as much outdoor activity as I want? Never! Haha! I always want to hike and be in the woods at all times! Solitude = pure bliss...

Upper Palisades Lake

Lower Palisades Lake

MOOSE!

inside the cabin

Cool abandoned cabin

Charlotte taking a dip

my sweet girls

Upper Palisades Lake and it's island

John Muir

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.

Gros Ventre Mountains

Pronounced, GROW VAWNT.

Table Mountain Hike

Table Mountain Summit

Table Mountain, just over 11,000' & only 2.5 miles west of the Grand Teton, has the best 360 degree view that makes the 14 mile day hike (4000 ft in elevation gain) worth it!

Oh My Fall!

Packsaddle Lake

More of the Winds

Can't stop the Winds

The always stunning and extremely rugged Wind River Mountains... I can't get enough of this mountain range. I crave these mountains. They consume my thoughts and day dreams--from exploring every trail, finding a new lake, new route to hike, sleeping in them, fishing in them and swimming in them. I'm grateful for the few times I had with them this summer but I am sad to see this season of backpacking come to a close. The short summer and even shorter fall allows just a few months to explore these hills. On this last trek, after tossing and turning all night in my sleeping bag trying to get warm I got up the next morning to my water in my camelback being frozen solid. That's when I realized I was on my final trip of the season in the Winds. So, now I have all winter and spring to plan my next Wind River adventure and hopefully I find some new recruits to join me.