Today we went for a day hike on a 5-ish mile hike along the Granite canyon trail. It was a scenic trail that was an easy hike, but as I expected the reduced amount of sleep I got last night plus the general fatigue from going on hikes multiple days in a role, made it a little more difficult. The one noteworthy event that happened on this hike was that we decided to "polar-bear" into the river. Like most rivers in the area, this one is fed with melt waters from snow and glaciers. Still I figured, "psh. I've swam in cold water before so this shouldn't be too bad." Holy crow was a wrong. As soon as you step into the water, the pain hits you immeadiately, like thousands of tiny needles stabbing you all at once on every part of your skin. The initial group that wanted to undertake the feat stood in the river up to our knees and then sat down. We then retreated from the water very quickly. Slowly everybody else tired the water as well, some going all the way on, but most just stuck their feet in. The water was frigid, but afterwards you felt very refreshed and alive.
After we finished out hike, we got a surprise from our professors. They bought lift tickets so that we could take the aerial tram to the top of Rendevous Mountain, and get above 10,000ft. The elevation at the summit is 10,450ft. At the summit there is also a little shop, called Corbet's Cabin where they serve made to order waffles. The waffles were delicious.
After our verticle excursion, we went into Jackson Hole to do laundry. It was so frustrating. The laundry mat was definitely set up for regulars instead of visitors, and the need for only coins was very frustrating as none of us carried cash with us. It was also frustrating that after 4 cycles in the dryer my clothes still weren't dry. :(
We didn't get back to the campsite until 9-9:30 and dinner wasn't ready until almost 10pm. So as a consequence of the latter half if the day, here I am now about to go to sleep, once again after 11pm, in damp long underwear. At least they are wool, so I know they'll warm up soon. But my bag is still amazingly comfortable and the cool wool feels good against my sun/wind burnt skin, so things aren't all that bad.
Also we saw another moose today :)
Pictures will come later, once I can transfer them from my phone
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