Leaving Jackson

June 4th, Tim and I drove into Jackson.  The following 8 weeks sped by.  Meetings, apartment decorating, dinners with friends and music – lots and lots of music – made the time go quick.   The summer sun shone bright all through July and we biked and hiked in 80 degree temperatures.  It’s been a great summer.   The highlights we’ll never forget include Targhee Fest, 3 days of fabulous music and friends; hiking Table Mountain with BJ, Lisa and Schmitty; boating on Palisades with Gena and DC; and the Vertical Media camp trip which brought together Dan and Rebecca and family with the rest of the VM team.

Our latest sequence of pictures is from the Vertical Media Volunteer Day in Grand Teton National Park.  We had great mentors who taught us how to roof and chink at the historical Bar BC Ranch and White Grass Ranch.   This is great team building.

Who Gave Us Trowels?

Julia Takes a Break From Roofing

Lining Up

Tim Stays Busy

Lisa and Carli Mend Corners

Dan Discovers a New Talent

Celebrating a Good Day of Work

As incredible as our time home has been, we are now excited to begin our trip again.  Today we are driving out of Jackson through Yellowstone where we will camp and fish at Tim’s all time favorite creek for Yellowstone Cutthroat trout, (can’t name names unfortunately or will never be invited fishing again).

Dana is joining us for the backpack which will make it an even better sendoff.   For our next adventure, we’ll drive North and West to Bozeman, Boise then Bend.   Next weekend we’ll check out Crater Lake before heading north along the coast towards Canada.  This is an area that Tim and I have never explored so if anyone has any favorite spots that we shouldn’t miss, let us know!  We’re eager to see the Olympic Peninsula, eat lots of oysters and drink some good local beer.

It’s the final leg of our year long exploration of the US coastline.  It’ll be good to get Frank back on the road!