a picnic in the park. {and bears}

{one of my favorite spots in the park}

{da bears.}

i've said this before and i'll say it again.

september is my absolute favorite month here.

we welcomed autumn with a little birthday picnic for a girlfriend yesterday in grand teton national park.

string lake is the perfect place to picnic, minus the bear encounter.

minor details.

this time of year the bears a hun-gray!

while my friends were hauling food into the bear box, i was snapping away.

this momma bear and her cub were too cute but way too close for comfort.

i think she was after those macaroons from persephone bakery.

happy autumn!

a sunday morning.

{author unknown but i really like this quote}

we decided to have a ladies day on a boat this past sunday morning.
mimosas and brunch made it all perfect
as we cruised around Jackson Lake.
you can still see the haze in these photos from the forest fires
but a little rain that afternoon made the valley clear again.
fingers are crossed that it stays this way.

string lake, sup.

{good old gas station tubes.}

{the bare essentials.}

{string lake. grand teton national park.}

{contrary to popular belief, jeff does wear clothing.  sometimes.}

my camera is acting up.

so you'll have to bear with me and the iphone photos.

thank god for instagram. 

(follow me if you're looking for a good time: meagtheegg)

here are some snapshots from my weekend at string lake.

we went stand up paddle boarding and i'm full on addicted.

if you haven't tried this, i'm telling you that you should.

this is complete peer pressure.

but you'll thank me for all the fun you had.

dinner with a view.

{double rainbow.}

{dinner spot}

{manchego cheese + almonds + honey + cracker. heaven}

{osker takes the wheel}

{can you tell i've been training for a marathon?}

i made a new friend on sunday evening.

her name is Silver Bullet and she is a GMC Palmbeach.

a real beauty i tell ya.

we rode Silver, as i nicknamed her, to antelope flats to enjoy dinner with a view.

jeff and i got dressed up....really he just wore jeans without holes and i wore a long skirt.

but, it was our first time meeting Silver and we wanted to make a good first impression.

we are really hoping for a life long friendship with her.

i think she liked us because she didn't break down. not once!

we ate shrimp wrapped in proscuitto, machego cheese, and scrumptious burgers.

it was a great end to the weekend.

and now i have a new friend in town.

huckleberry hot springs.

my favorite place to take visitors when they are in town is huckleberry hot springs.

weather permitted, its an easy hike in grand teton national park.

guests were in town from la so we thought we'd do something mountain-y 

other than skiing.

we all hauled into a bus with our snow shoes and headed up north.

a mama moose and her baby were spotted.

and we stayed until the amoebas in the hot springs started to freak us out.

leigh lake hike

went hiking in grand teton national park on sunday with 2 of my roomies.

hiked to leigh lake > bearpaw lake > trapper lake. 7 miles. 4 hours round trip.

gorgeous day. perfect temperature. no bear encounters.

p.s. sorry for the awkward photos of me, my camera is broken and these are stolen