If you spend enough time either reading or watching Grand Teton guides, you will eventually see Mormon Row referred to as “one of the most photographed sets of barns in the world”, or something closely related. Settled in the early 1900s by Latter-Day Saints, Mormon Row comprises a small network of homesteads in the Antelope …
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National Parks Trip: Moose Village
Food. At a certain point, even a single-minded national park nut like Elizabeth needs to take a break from rampaging through her itinerary to stop and eat some food. On August 15, we made it well past noon before succumbing to the siren song of food. With such a diverse range of diets in our …
National Parks Trip: Chapel of the Transfiguration
Proof that time is relative: we were just getting started on our second full day in Grand Teton, and it felt like the trip was just beginning, but it was also our last full day in Grand Teton. The entire Meister clan sans myself would be returning home in just 24 hours. And what did …
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National Parks Trip: Kayaking Jackson Lake
A legendary trip was already obviously under way, and it had only been 48 hours. A quick recap: an awesome night in Laramie, a beautiful drive, a proposal in the mountains, and a hike to a glacial lake. One thing I had been clear about when talking to Elizabeth: I would not be going to …
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National Parks Trip: Jackson
When I say that I don’t get hungry during hefty exertions, I should mention that that usually presages hunger pangs hours later. This is a fancy way of saying that I was ready for dinner in Jackson. Elizabeth’s plan had called for riding the gondola over at the Jackson Hole ski area, where a restaurant …
National Parks Trip: Delta Lake
Delta Lake was as incredible as the pictures appeared. That was my original thought. Sometimes you go somewhere the and the pictures oversold it – Mount Rushmore or the Grand Canyon North Rim, to name a few examples. Not this. Framed on the left by Disappointment Peak, on the right by Teewinot Mountain, and with …
Great Sand Dunes National Park: Day Four
My phone hadn’t charged at all overnight. Cool. Looks like I was going to have like a 25% battery until we got the car rolling later on. At least I had enough charge to check the forecast and see if my car was going to be safe – Oh. That was foreboding. The HRRR kept …
National Parks Trip: Hiking Delta Lake
So we were a little behind schedule. Terri and Garrett needed to get stuff to be able to hike Delta Lake, and while I’d hoped to drive straight there from Oxbow Bend, instead we were waiting for them to finish packing at our campsite. I quietly stewed for the 15 minutes it required them to …
24th Birthday Weekend Recap
November 17, 2020 was my 23rd birthday. It came at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, before widespread vaccine availability. To put it in the simplest terms, it sucked. November 17, 2021 was my 24th birthday. Although covid is still a concern to this day, Elizabeth and I are not only vaccinated, we are boosted …
National Parks Trip: Oxbow Bend
My alarm jolted me awake. Grey dawn light filtered through our un-rain-flapped tent. I lay on a mostly-inflated air mattress, trying to reconcile myself to life. After a few moments, I remembered where I was, why I was up so early, and the fact that I probably had 4 other people to wake up. Or… …
