070724 Lazy L&B Ranch, Dubois, WY Driving from Idaho Falls through eastern Idaho and into Wyoming was a great drive. Jackson, Wyoming is a cool looking town, I’m going to stop by at some point in the future as I’ve recently met someone who’s going to be living there, John, is one of the wranglers at the Lazy L&B Ranch. Coming into Wyoming and passing through Teton National Park was amazing…Dubois, the town with the ranch was only 55 miles from Jackson so I expected it to be the same amazing forested, mountainous landscape as the Tetons. I was getting excited! The 55 mile drive between the Jackson and Dubios took 1.5 hours due to the construction they were doing on the highway. Eventually the road started going down, out of the mountains and my apprehension ... read more

I woke up with the sun, around 5 or 5:30, it was damn cold. I tried to start a fire, but it turned out to be too much trouble and I was getting light headed from trying to blow on the coals. I just used my backpacking stove and made instant oatmeal and hot chocolate and warmed my hands with the stove while the water boiled. After eating, cleaning up (washing my tattoos in the cold morning was...well...cold!), and putting my gear in the truck I got to the trailhead for the Bristlecone Grove and Glacier about 7. The forest was amazing, I've never hiked in such a dense forest with so many different kinds of trees. Back home it's mostly just plain old pine and they're ususally spaced fairly far apart. The ground was ... read more