Gettin' Out of Town

As one last hoorah before Jake heads into the land of first year teaching, we decided to venture up to Grand Teton National Park for Henry's first camping trip. Unfortunately, it was so smokey that  most of the time it was hard to believe that we were surrounded by mountains.

A glimpse at Mt. Owen.

The little man did great and slept soundly for two colds nights out in the "wilderness." I, on the other hand, barely slept the first night as I was sure he would wake up at any minute screaming his sweet little head off and thus waking up the whole campground while I frantically tried to scramble out of my mummy bag. Really, really glad that didn't happen.

Happy Little Camper

Henry's Camping Chair

Morning snuggles with Dad.

Although the mountains were attempting to hide in the smoke, we still hoofed it up to Inspiration Point and completed Henry's first six mile hike. 

Happy to be at the top and out of the carrier!

Jake's description on his Facebook page sums up our trip perfectly:

"First camping trip with Henry, done and in the bag. Grand Teton National Park including a 6 mile round trip hike. Final tally, 15 people said "Beautiful blue eyes," 7 people said "you're so brave to bring him out here," and maybe a couple gave us that look that says, "No, not a baby out here!"

We are so pleased that so far Henry is adapting to outdoor lifestyle and are excited to continue exploring this new state of ours.