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Taggart Lake Trail
Grand Teton National Park
3-miles round trip, easy
We were thinking that we would kick off our hiking boots, peel off our socks, gracefully shimmy across a well-situated log, and refresh trail-weary feet in the shallows of a picturesque glacier-fed lake. We weren't thinking that our elegant splashing would attract the attentions of an 18-inch nonvenomous water snake, that said snake would coil around dangling legs and precipitate: a call in the wild, water-logged clothing, bruised knees, and a grander-than-the-Tetons sense of embarrassment.
Hayden Valley
Yellowstone National Park
Watching the Bison Herd
We were thinking that we would linger in the Hayden Valley this lovely evening: savor the sunset, capture the play of day's last light on the Yellowstone, watch the bison herd graze peaceably on the far shore. We weren't thinking that a solitary bison would lumber up from behind and send us scrambling for shelter behind the nearest available tree. We also weren't thinking that we would be treated to a twilight river crossing by the big grunting ungulate, but we were. And soon, we were thinking that it was a wonderful end to a wonder-filled day.
We were thinking that we would kick off our hiking boots, peel off our socks, gracefully shimmy across a well-situated log, and refresh trail-weary feet in the shallows of a picturesque glacier-fed lake. We weren't thinking that our elegant splashing would attract the attentions of an 18-inch nonvenomous water snake, that said snake would coil around dangling legs and precipitate: a call in the wild, water-logged clothing, bruised knees, and a grander-than-the-Tetons sense of embarrassment.
Yellowstone National Park
Watching the Bison Herd
We were thinking that we would linger in the Hayden Valley this lovely evening: savor the sunset, capture the play of day's last light on the Yellowstone, watch the bison herd graze peaceably on the far shore. We weren't thinking that a solitary bison would lumber up from behind and send us scrambling for shelter behind the nearest available tree. We also weren't thinking that we would be treated to a twilight river crossing by the big grunting ungulate, but we were. And soon, we were thinking that it was a wonderful end to a wonder-filled day.
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