The Grand Tetons

For Jason’s 30th Birthday we took a trip to the Grand Tetons. Jason had always wanted to go there and it turned out to be an amazing vacation. I was taken back by when I saw the Tetons. Everything was so pretty you just had to stop and stare every once in awhile. We were pretty much all alone on our hikes; rarely seeing anyone only wildlife! We were out there for almost 6 days and did so much that we can’t fit them into a single blog, so the next 3 will cover the entire trip!

I knew it would be hard to leave Katherine but I didn’t realize how emotional it would make me. The first night and first morning were definitely the hardest and it was almost more than I could handle. After that it got a lot easier until the end. I called home twice a day and Kate was always having fun and I could hear her babbling away in the background. That really helped. It was again hard at the end of our trip and by the time we were on the plane coming home I could barely stand it – I wanted to see her soooo bad!

The first day we woke up at 4AM to catch our super early flight. We landed around 11Am Mountain time so we went and got our passes then went on a short hike around Sting Lake. We saw our first moose this day. Then we went to Jackson hole which is such a cute little town.

We checked into our hotel in Teton Village and they took us to a room with 2 beds. I told him we only needed one bed and he called the desk. He told the front desk we were really nice people, hung up, and took us to a completely separate part of the lodge. Our room was amazing. It was huge, had a fireplace, and I’ve never seen such a big bath tub. Plus, we had our own little private lobby with its own entrance, which was nice because we always got lost trying to walk through the place. The guy that took us to our room said “We could all tell you were on your honeymoon.” Jason and I just looked at each other and were like yep, on our honeymoon. This December will be 5 years so it could qualify as a second honeymoon!