Experts claim sleep is important and needed – my body doesn’t listen. Last night, it took about 90 minutes to fall asleep, and after an hour or so, I woke back up. After a couple hours, I fell back asleep, and slept for another 2-3 hours before waking up. 4 hours of sleep while being exhausted from moving means one cranky morning.
The sunrise on the Tetons was gorgeous though, so, bonus, but the temperature was bitterly cold (25° F).
I eventually dragged myself out of my sleeping bag into the cold morning. It got down to 25 degrees F in the night, so I was not really excited to get out of my cozy cocoon.
After moving our camp to another site (since we had to take one of the ADA accessible sites the night before, and without an access pass, you’re only allowed one night) we loaded up our backpacks with water, clothing, and food for a hardcore training hike to prepare for backpacking in Glacier NP and North Cascades NP. Our packs were probably around 40-50 lbs so that we could find out if we could hack it, which is a great idea and important to do, but it sucked.
Exhaustion and driving are bad. Fortunately, I got enough sleep last night to get rid of the dark bags around my eyes. Surprisingly, the drive from Dinosaur, CO to Vernal, UT is rather scenic. It reminded me of the Badlands, but it is very different.
Vernal, UT is a nice looking small town that is a shining example of the way humans and dinosaurs could co-exist if we didn’t harvest their bodies for fuel. (They have lots of dino statues)
Another day full of driving! We left our little motel in Dinosaur and crossed into Utah. Much of Utah is flat and desolate, but eastern Utah and the canyonlands in the south are amazing (unfortunately we won’t make it down to the canyons on this trip, but we might be able to go into Arches briefly). Continue reading “Day 2 – Dinosaur to Grand Teton NP”→
Today, we bid farewell to the “Three Breasts” (if that’s what the French think breasts look like, well, they need to spend some time on the internet). Also, I got a decent night’s sleep. We’re getting much better at packing up camp now so, progress! Continue reading “Day 4 – “We punished ourselves yesterday, let’s do it again today.””
