WHY WYOMING

MONDAY

Up at 6, we pack and enjoy some oatmeal. Then we jump back on 80 West and take 287 North into the mountains. Shades of tan, copper, and shadow play constantly along the rocky mounds leading us North through Wyoming. The majority of the vegetation is sage bush and pine. We travel long gaps before seeing evidence of humans aside from the road and the fences. Passing through the Green Mountains we see the White Peaks looming in the distance. Ironically the scenery got greener afterwards. North of Landford we run out of veggie oil and now run off the diesel until Jackson. We begin following the Wind River. And where there is water... Cotton woods follow along the bank and we later see local farmers utilizing the water supply on their now lush crops. Seemingly out of no where a forest pops up, the Bridger Teton National Forest. We find a turn off that leads us up into the mountains to Brooks Lake. Along the shore we find a primitive campsite and declare it home for the evening. At this point we are very high in elevation, so much that there is snow around our site. It begins to rain a little and we ponder the possibility of spending the night cold and wet. Fortunately the mountain weather shifts and the sun comes back out. So we hiked around the lake for a few hours. And again we were in bed by early evening. The next morning we packed up around 5 and drove to Jenny Lake campground in the Teton National Park, set up camp and went into town to get ourselves some oil.