It might have been those tent cabin cots, or the morning cold, or our full bladders, but we woke up early on Tuesday eager to get out into the park. We decided to start at the Leigh and String Lakes trailhead, work our way around the north end of Jenny Lake, and then make our way into Cascade Canyon, in the shadow of “the Grand”. We planned to go as far as we could, probably about five miles, eat lunch, and then turn around and head back.

The weather, however, was not cooperating. The Tetons were even more enshrouded in clouds than they were the day before, and the sky was overcast. That said, the hike was great. String Lake emptied into Jenny Lake via a series of rapids, we walked through parts of the forest that were destroyed by a fire, we crossed paths with 6 or 7 marmots, and on the way back from Cascade Canyon, the clouds finally parted and let the sun shine through.

A panoramic view of Jenny Lake from Inspiration Point