Tag: Camping across the country
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Yellowstone NP
Overall, I was more enamored with Grand Teton National Park than Yellowstone, but perhaps that is just because of all the hype surrounding Yellowstone. Or maybe it was because we went in the wrong season and hardly saw any buffalo or other wild animals, but Yellowstone just didn’t match my expectations. It didn’t help that there…
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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone hike
This was the one hike that C was adamant that he wanted to do in Yellowstone, but of course we stayed up too late drinking and arguing about our plans the night before (read that here), so when it came to actually hiking it, C bailed on us. But we pressed on without him. We had…
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Jenny Lake Trailhead in Grand Teton NP
Thankfully, C’s mom watched our dog, Domino, so that C and I could hike together instead of alternating turns. The first hike (and best hike) we went on in Grand Teton NP was Jenny Lake trailhead to Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point. It is probably the most popular hike in the park, but for good…
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Family Planning (how to survive a family camping trip)
Our frustration from the Jenny Lake hike fired up as we began planning the next day’s activities with C’s family, though Jenny Lake never got mentioned. The general plan was to go to Yellowstone the next day, and we stayed up late drinking and debating different routes and options. The more we disagreed, the more…
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The wrong things
We seem to always worry about the wrong things… My mom worried about me hiking alone because I might get eaten by a bear. A woman in Yellowstone didn’t go on one of the hikes because she didn’t have bear spray. Yet, only 1 person per year is attacked by a bear in the park.…
Trynia Kaufman 