Camping at Wedding Tree

Saturday was an awesome day! In the early afternoon, Marc and I made it to the Enclosure Rock Gym for a few hours to test out my new harness and get into top-rope climbing. Super fun although really tiring - haven't been on a wall in a long time and definitely rarely on a harness! It was great that I remembered a bunch of terms and processes from my EMS days and that Schools to Stores professional development day at Chickie's Rock! Now it was time to try it, Teton's Style! Another awesome moment, when I discovered I could climb a 5.8-5.9 route! So exciting! Now...its time to work on some of the projects that stumped me then onto outside!

That evening, we decided to go camping in the Bridger-Teton National Forest; this was awesome because 1.) you do not need to reserve a spot - it's first come, first serve! 2.) you can have a campfire and 3.) and the view from this particular campsite was phenomenal!

The Clouds Slowly Moving Out of the Teton Landscape

The campground near the Gros Ventre Slide holds some really nice sites that overlook the Teton viewscape! Located near the Wedding Tree, there are a few little campfire pits to the north of the two Wedding Tree. The view was a little iffy when we got there at first - there were really big and dark storm clouds lurking over the Tetons. We were both a little worried if the dark clouds were headed east towards us. Luckily, the wind directed northward and started to pass behind the Tetons and stayed away from us!

A Beautiful Sunset Building! We Were Waiting For the Spectacular to Start!

We decided to bring dinner to cook over the fire - aluminum foil packet dinners! So delicious - made a ground beef and lamb dish with cut up sweet potatoes, tomato, and onions. All ingredient were placed together, seasoned, and placed in the foil, then wrapped up to cook all together on the embers of the fire from the awesome fire place of a pit at our campsite. Sorry, there was no photo of the meal - too delicious to take a photo before eating.

In the Mean Time, Built a Fire to Cook Our Dinner and Heat Up the Evening!

Oh Man, Look at That Sunset Starting to Peak Its Way Out!

During dinner, we looked up and the sunset that we saw...let me tell you, it was so beautiful! the clouds were blocking the direct rays of the sun, so you could only see a few rays peaking through. It was completely gorgeous - full of shades of dark purple, magenta, pink, orange, yellow, and red. Absolutely stunning! And well the spectacular did not just last during dinner, it lasted until 9pm-ish - constantly changing its color patterns and the rays from the sun as they peaked through the clouds.

Dun-Dun-Dun!!!!! Such a Sunset!
Photo Credit to Marc Sweet

The next morning before packing up, we woke up to no clouds in the sky and a clear view of the Tetons! Such a great night!

Great night for a night outside!
TheChristyBel