Day 11 (Meet the Bakers)

Today we meet up with our friends the Baker’s. The Baker’s moved from Elmhurst to Seattle 2 years ago, and they drove down to spend a few days with us.

They have 3 kids Kaelani, Toria, and Bailey. Toria and Alyssa are the same age and so are August and Bailey. Here are the kids before we started the South Jenny lake /Hidden Falls hike.

 

This hike takes you up on the Grand Teton mountain.

 

 

 

 

 

Marshal Baker is training to climb Mt. Reiner in Seattle, so he offered to carry Ashley.

 

 

 

 

We hiked up to the Hidden Falls.

 

 

 

 

 

And then we continued on to Inspiration Point.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a picture of the kids at Inspiration Point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instead of continuing on the 5 mile trail we hiked around the mountain which turned out to be a good thing because we got to see a Moose.

 

 

On the way back the kids wanted to go swimming. We found a spot and jumped in. We found out later the lake was frozen over only a couple of weeks ago, and the temperature was probably 38.

 

 

August though it was cold.

 

 

 

 

 

After we went swimming it started to rain/sleet/hail. Nothing we weren't use to.

 

 

 

After the hike (that turned out to be 8 miles) we stopped by the grocery store, and bought some food for dinner. We cooked up eggs, bacon, hash browns, hotdogs, and Mac&Cheese. We were a little hungry.

The girls volunteered to clean up the dishes.  We wanted to start a fire and roast marshmallows, but it started to rain.