Phelps Lake

A barn on Mormon Row

View of Mt. Teewinot across the Snake River

Phelps Lake overlook.

Death Canyon

She was sooo tired!

On this day in Grand Teton NP we went on a drive in search of wildlife. We saw river otter swimming in the Snake River. Then we drove down Mormon Row. This is the area where Mormon settlers first settled. There are 3 or 4 original barns there. The picture above is an image from the internet. The sky was cloudy and the mountains were dim so we did not bother with pictures. Not far from there we found bison.

We then went to hike the Phelps Lake overlook trail and on into Death Canyon. I'm not sure how the canyon got it's name. Such a terrible name for such a beautiful place. We hiked about 2 1/2 miles into the canyon and decided to turn around. Carrying the kids can be exhausting and we had quite a hike back up. On the way back, we heard a noise about 40 feet off the trail and turned to find a moose! It was female and I can remember praying, "Please don't let there be a male nearby!" We were a little too close to the moose for comfort. Of course she never really raised her head back up so that we could get a picture before she went on her way. We enjoyed this hike tremendously mostly because there were not nearly as many people on the trail as Hidden Falls.