Memorial Weekend in Jackson and Teton National Park

For Memorial Weekend Nathan and I decided we wanted to do something new and exciting. We love the Teton area so we headed to Jackson and Grand Teton National Park.

When we got to Jackson we looked around the shops, grabbed a delicious sandwich and some ice cream for lunch, and then decided we just wanted to get straight to the park.

Grand Teton National Park is beautiful. You can see the Tetons stand tall and majestic pretty much everywhere. The views are fantastic.

We found a hike around Jenny Lake to Hidden Valley Falls. I LOVE hiking to waterfalls! Walking around the lake was very pretty. The weather was kind of funny because the sun was warm and comfortable, but the breeze from the lake was chilly. I couldn't decide if I wanted to wear my jacket or not.

As we got further around the lake we came across quite a few spots of unmelted snow. We were slipping and sliding and falling into spots of snow up to our knees. It was pretty exciting.

Once we got to the other side of the lake we started hiking up toward the falls. This part was nothing but snow. It made our hike a little more adventurous. There was a small waterfall with a bridge on our way up to the top.

We saw quite a few animals on our way up to the falls as well. We saw a fuzzy caterpillar, pot guts (or marmots, or something...), and a deer.

When we made it up to the falls my breath was taken away. I wasn't expecting them to be quite as grand as they were. It was an incredibly beautiful sight and I was super glad we made the trek up the snowy mountain side.

On our way back down the clouds were looking a little questionable so we hiked down pretty quickly. It started to sprinkle on us, but it wasn't bad. We decided we should probably start running back the rest of the way once we got past the slippery snow.

Just to put this hike into a little more perspective, I woke up at 6 that morning to get my 11 mile run in for my half marathon training, and then Nathan wanted to go do a 5 mile hike that we ran the last mile of in pouring rain. Haha life with my best friend is always exciting.

After getting wet from our hike we decided we needed some nice warm dinner before heading home. The view from our table was, well, perfect!

The weather cleared up so Nathan decided we wanted to get a time lapse before heading home. We found a perfect spot and it was beautiful watching the sunset.

This is just one picture from the many in the time-lapse photos Nathan got. Maybe one day Nathan will let me and I'll dedicate a post to some of his time-lapse videos and show them off. They are pretty cool!