Austin and I got up very early on our 2nd day in Jackson, like around 3:30, we finally got him back to sleep in bed with Heath and I around 4:30, but he was lying across the bed with he feet in my stomach and his head in Heath's leg but we could not move because we were afraid we would wake him. Then he was awake again at 5:30. I really did not want him to wake up my parents again so I put on my jeans and grabbed his coat and we went outside. It was actually pretty chilly that morning in the low 40's. Allie was up by 6:30 so we grabbed her coat and went for a drive up toward Grand Teton National. We could not go to far because we had not bought our National Park pass. So we drove around for about 30 minutes and then went back to the house. Matthew was our breakfast chef each day making either blueberry pancakes or sunny side up eggs. After we all got up and ready and headed off to Jenny Lake in Teton national park. Again it was beautiful (I think I must have said that over 100 times a day). I know my pictures do not do it justice. We did not realize we were going to be hiking that day and did not have a backpack carrier for Austin. We started to push him along the path but less than a quarter mile into it we realized we could not do it and either I would have to go back and hang out by myself or we could all carry him. So we opted to carry him and everything started out great. Our hike was listed as 2.5 miles (but it felt more like 4). Allie was great, she never once complained or said she was tiered, she would just keep trucking along with us. I was so proud of her for being such a trooper. Austin on the other hand did great till the about the last half mile. Then he quickly started to melt down. It was after 1 and he had not had lunch or a morning nap, things quickly went down hill for him and Heath. We found out we could take a boat back across the lake and decided Heath and I and the kids would be on the next boat. The rest of the family stayed to hike up to some falls, and we got on the boat. Austin literally bawled for over 45 minutes but the minute we got across the lake and off the boat he stopped crying (go figure) we drove home and he took over a 3 hour nap. That night we grilled out and ate on the back deck, and then did smores on the grill. My parents even planned and gave out "awards" each day. Allie got the award that day for the best hiker and got a Frisbee, beach ball, and water ball all with my dad's company logo. (all of our awards had the ING logo on them). She loved the beach ball we had to blow it up and play with it outside.
Here we are walking off toward the boat- melt down was in full force here, but you would never know if from the pics.
I did not actually see these falls - they were higher up the hike once we left but thought the pic was great.
Overall it was a great day even though Austin had a melt down, however Heath's arm was so sore he could not lift him the next day.
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Sounds so wonderful!! I'm sorry you had to bail from the hike early, looks like the Falls were amazing!! I would love to go there some day! I look forward to Day 3 and on.
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