Day Five

July 13, 2008
On this day we were not going to have to do any driving, YES! We set aside for this day go go see the Grand Teton National Park. Our plans where as follows: to take the boat across Jenny Lake and hike up to Inspiration Point, then to Snow King ski resort to slide down the mountain, and last to meet up with the Cziep Family for dinner and a show at Bar J.

Jenny Lake

Cooper our youngest, now better known as Cooper the Trooper, hiked all the 2 miles up to Inspiration Point. You know that old saying "smell the rose along the way" I think Cooper skipped and kicked the rocks along the way. He was always smiling and when there was times I didn't think he could go any further, he said, "no, mommy let me walk, I can do it".

Cooper found a new friend

I sure wished Sydnie was more like him. She thought she was going to die! She kept telling us she had "heat rash" and that she could not go any further and she was going to sit on a rock and die... she is our drama queen. However, we were not going to let her quit, we kept telling her not everyone gets this opportunity and that she can do it, just a little farther... and that once you have done it you can tell everyone you did! She wasn't sure if she cared that she could tell everyone she did it, but after we reach the top, she told us, "there I didn't, now can we go back!"

On our way back to the boat launch we lost Hunter, he got ahead of us, and so David started back tracking to find him. There was a moose, near the boat launch. David asked for us to come over to see the moose. For those that know Cooper, he does not get two feet in front of my parents little dog, you could only imagine how big his eyes got when he saw a 8 foot moose. Before I could even turn around to tell Cooper to look, he was already down the trail and hiding behind a gentleman saying, "it is scary to my eyes!" After a quick lunch we were on track to our next event of the day.

We headed back into Jackson Hole, and decided it was time to go up to Snow King and ride down the hill...

Sydnie thought this was the coolest, she raised her hands up in the air as if she was getting ready to ride a roller coaster. All the way down she kept telling me fast, no slow, ok go faster, no that is too fast...

After two times down the hill, we started to run out of time for dinner... and we still had to go into downtown Jackson Hole to ride the famous stage coach and take a picture by the Elk Arch.




Bar J dinner with the family

We finally made it to Bar J to meet up with David's family. This is a great place to dine when in Jackson Hole. They have great food and better entertainment for the hole family.

The cousins taking a ride on the train before dinner.