John’s going to stop letting me pick our hikes! Today I chose to go across Jenny Lake, up to Hidden Falls and then up the Cascade Canyon. Well, it was so crowded there was no place to park. Plan B - we drove up to String Lake/Leigh Lake where it was not so crowded and hiked along String Lake then cut across the portage between String and Leigh Lakes and then headed up Paintbrush Canyon. The first leg was up the side of the mountain and then along its base until we turned to go up the canyon. It was a really pretty hike as we entered the canyon we could see through the trees the peaks of Mount Moran on one side and Mount St. John on the other.
We stopped for lunch on the side of the trail after having hiked about 2 miles. Hikers coming down the trail warned us of a mother bear and two cubs who had been sighted by other hikers in the area. We did a lot more loud talking after that! We continued on for about a half mile and then turned back. We chose a shorter way back, we thought, but the path led to a parking lot that was not ours. It was another half mile until we found our car. We logged 8 miles on our Fitbits! John swears I’m trying to kill him! (ha,ha)
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