Who doesn't love the Tetons and who doesn't need a little inspiration from a 62 year old doing Yoga by Jenny Lake? Yes it was smoky and yes at times even hard to see the mountains and let alone breath but when you are with family...who cares. The flat landers back east traveled west to see the mountain folk and it was nice to catch up. My lovely wife was incredibly sick this time around and unable to make the trip. Well actually she made the trip and had to head home two days later. Partly because of her health and other unforeseen issues. The rest of us stayed behind and enjoyed some cool mountain evenings around the campfire, fly fishing without catching a fish, driving scenic byways without seeing scenery due to the smoke of Montana burning. But hey, it's all good and nothing keeps these kids from having fun.
A couple days of hiking with my boy.
Future junior rangers!
And how could I get through this post without mentioning one of the highlights. This guy waited 62 years to get his annual national park pass and a week before he became able they raised the price like ten fold. Don't worry because he didn't complain, and if you believe that I'll sell you ocean front property in Missouri.
As all good things come to an end so did the Miller family's time in the mountains. They headed back to the land of milk and honey (Missouri) with smiles on their faces.
I almost forgot to mention that on one of our hikes we saw a black bear and numerous small critters but the most interesting was this curious and completely unafraid fox. Apparently we were using his bridge, so we moved aside and let him pass.
Hopefully the video will play, if not it's above my tech ability so I'm sorry. In closing that was the last trip I had any pictures of. It was a good year, check that...it was a great year and now that we are catching up things get more interesting.
