Riding in the Grand Teton National Park

The horse trails in the park are a bit rocky and narrow.  There weren't a lot of places where we could pull over and take a picture.

On the Jenny Lake Trail - Jenny Lake can be seen on the far left and the Teton Mountains behind me.

Jenny Lake is on the right.

The views throughout the ride are breath-taking and when you inhale it is pure oxygen.

This is a small creek that feeds into the lake.

After the ride, we let the horses graze on the grass in the parking area.  You can see the Tetons in the background.

Dinner was at the Merry Piglets.  This is one of the murals on the wall.  The food was Tex-Mex.  I had chile rellenos, Christmas style.  Ari had enchiladas.  For dessert, we had sopapillas - not as good as the ones at La Hacienda in Alburquerque, but a close second.

Today's trail ride was the reason we spent six days traveling across the country.  I couldn't get enough of the trails or the scenery.  We rode three different trails - around Phelps Lake, around String Lake, and around Jenny Lake.  String Lake looked like it was the most popular with equestrians, judging from the amount of road apples.   We were the only equestrians on any of the trails, but there were plenty of hikers.  Ari lost his iphone on String Trail - fell out of his jacket pocket.  I expect we will get him a replacement in Pocatello as I saw plenty of Verizon Wireless stores there.  We reported the cell phone lost at the Visitor Center on our way out of the park, but it is gone for good.

We put saddle bags on Laertes.  Oberon hates saddlebags and Laertes is, like, whatever.  In one saddlebag I put a couple of bottles of water and a couple of sandwiches we picked up at the local Quiznos on the way to the barn.  The other saddlebag held our high-line.  This is a long rope used by cowboys to tie up their horses when they are on a trail ride.

We rode Phelps Lake and String Lake trails, then stopped for lunch.  Then, we rode the Jenny Lake trail.  We rode up to Hidden Falls, but couldn't make it the entire way as the trail becomes impassable for horses.  We then explored Cascade Canyon.  That trail was labelled a horse trail, but it was steep, rocky, and not that pleasant.