Sean Dowling
10/13/17
After wiggling
my way out of my sleeping bag I couldn’t help but notice something strange,
something different from the other mornings I have woken to in the Tetons… I
wasn’t shivering! It was both strange and fantastic since a kind hiker warned
us that a snowstorm was heading for us either today or the night before.
Unfortunately, my excitement didn’t last too long because after climbing to the
top of our large rock to cook breakfast I could see out in the distance about
the mountains that he was right… Winter is coming. We quickly ate our hash
browns and oatmeal, packed our bags, and retraced our steps out of the Tetons.
Though our time was short in these mountains we did get to see two fantastic
views, a moose taking a leisurely stroll, and plenty of evidence of a grizzly,
who may or may not have visited our tents a couple of nights. When we made it
out, it was time for some overdue cleaning of our kitchenware, trailer, and a
mouse hunt that felt more like a wild goose chase (For some of us the thought
of finding a mouse was more frightening than a grizzly bear.) When all our
chores were done my fellow LOW, future Low, and I got a wonderful idea from two
little birdies. What was the best way to get a shower, do laundry, wash our
clothes, and get Wi-Fi to work on our assignments… A hotel! But on an Outdoor
Education Expedition!? Can’t be, couldn’t be, shouldn’t be… Why not? So after
one last meal from our rations that’s exactly what we did. We got four rooms
for our group at the nicest Super 8 we had ever seen, or maybe that just what
almost two months of camping does to our perspectives. All I know is that this
seems like a dream. Comfy beds, carpeted floors, T.V.!!! Wasn’t I just waking
up in the Tetons? If this is a dream and do wake up back there I just might cry
a little.
“There is virtue in work and there is
virtue in play. Use both and overlook neither.” – Alan Cohen
Start: 10:19
Break: 10:34
Break Ends: 10: 39
Check-In: 10:54
Break: 11:06
Break Ends: 11:13
Check-In: 11:28
Hike Ends: 11:39
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