The hike

A trail that we love to hike is located near the top of Sawtelle Peak. It takes us through meadows of flowers and through pine trees, and there are even supposed to be bears up there! We filled our camelbacks, packed a lunch and headed for the trail head. As we got higher and higher up the peak I mentioned there was a lot of snow. When we found the trail head we discovered that the trail was completely covered with snow and we couldn't do the hike we had planned for so long. :o( So we went to plan B and drove to Warm Springs. It is about 6 miles down a winding dirt road off the paved road that takes us to Mesa Falls. The road was so badly rutted that we decided to park the car and walk to the trail head. This is the view of the Grand Tetons from where we parked the car. Warm Springs is another source for a river that comes from the huge caldera area of Yellowstone and Island Park. This water comes from the mountainside and is always 50 degrees in temperature. Just as we crossed the bridge to the trail head I noticed all of these butterfiles on the ground near a little puddle of water. They were so beautiful!

The wild flowers were incredible and colorful.

Here is my favorite hiking buddy going down the trail. This was a gorgeous place to enjoy the summer day. We were glad for the mild cloud cover. It kept us from getting too hot!