Overnighter - Surprise Lake - Grand Tetons, WY

Sorry it has taken me so long to update the posts the wifi here is a wee bit sketchy. Well Mom and I did an overnighter at Surprise Lake the day after we did the Jenny Lake hike. We started at Bradley Lake trail head which wasn't the "recommended" start, the park rangers did not like that we weren't going by the recommended route. They kept on looking at us like we were crazy. So we started early the next morning Greg hiked up to Bradley Lake and Taggert Lake with us then looped back to the truck. Both Bradley and Taggert Lake were beautiful blue lakes that were so clear and had the beautiful Teton Mountains in the back ground. We had lunch at Taggert Lake then left Greg to continue up the mountain. There was a never ending amount of switchbacks and we had to stop a lot due to my allergies and not being used to the high altitude. We saw a Mule deer that was right beside the trail and two Grouse (birds). Once we finally made it up to the top (which felt like it took 12 hours) and we were misled by hikers coming down who told us we were half way there when I think we were actually only a quarter of the way up. Once we finally made it to the top I stuck my feet into Surprise Lake which felt amazing. We accidentally set up camp in the wrong spot but decided against moving it because we were to exhausted. Once we started to get dinner ready for whatever reason the smaller fuel I bought for my pocket rocket wouldn't work. But luckily we had plenty of food that we didn't have to cook so we had a decent dinner. The next morning we woke up and walked up a quarter of a mile to Amphitheater Lake before packing up and heading out. The hike down the mountain was a lot easier than up. We met two guys from the Carolina's that were finishing the four day Teton Loop Trail. Once off the trail we found a nice brewery and I had a massive burger.

Bradley Lake

Taggert Lake

Surprise Lake

Amphitheater Lake