September: Final month in Yellowstone

Well, we're back on the road again and now's as good of a time as any to finally write about September. Better late than never, right?

Our Teton trip was successful, we finally saw a moose! We did a couple of laps around the gorgeous park the night we got there and saw no moose. But the next morning during a hike around Jenny Lake we saw one moose in a small pond and another not far from her in the grass. Supposedly there was also a calf in the area, but we didn't get a look at him. We camped out in the Tetons at a beautiful secluded backpacking site on Spalding Bay of Jackson Lake.

MOOSE!

Hidden Falls

Jenny Lake

Tetons

Our Campsite at Jackson Lake

September also brought Sean's 24th birthday which meant a surprise zip lining trip in Big Sky, Montana. It was our first time zipping and we LOVED it. The trip included three zips and we both wanted to do the loop again when it was over. Unfortunately, too much fun was had to capture photos, but we have the memories =)

The final week of September we packed all of our stuff back into the van. We took that Sunday off exclusively for getting out into the park and doing some touristy things like Old Faithful and animal searching/watching.

Bison family on the move

Cute blacktail deer

So close, but so far away!

Dragon's mouth thermal feature

Posing with Old Faithful

The future and pending

Our contracts with Xanterra (company we work for in Yellowstone) end on October 2nd, which means we have to leave Montana on October 3rd. We're both kind of sad about this and are trying to finish up our Yellowstone 2012 bucket lists before we leave. Sean has achieved all of his, but I still have one goal left and that is to see a moose. Apparently moose are very good at hiding, we've searched all of the places that they supposedly roam except for one: Grand Teton National Park (conjoined to and located just south of Yellowstone)

Most of the summer we've had the same weekends, but starting on the 15th, my schedule switches back so that we only have one day off together each week. This means that next weekend is our last full weekend together out here, so we're going camping in the Tetons because we haven't made it down there yet (and to look for a moose!)

So now you know what to expect next month.... Just kidding! (hopefully...)


Peace and Love to all.

Bunsen Peak and Osprey Falls

Today we hiked Bunsen Peak and Osprey Falls, again. This was my third time and Sean's second. We loved it again of course, we got a little depressed as we sat near the base of the falls and realized it was the last time we would spend time there before leaving. So of course we stayed a fairly long time and threw rocks into the water, I took a cat nap and Sean took a lot of pictures and video too.

View from the Peak

conquered!... again

A mellow fall-time Osprey Falls

A final photo at our favorite spot