Hooray for Girl Trips!

Two weekends ago my super good friends Aimee & Erin flew to Salt Lake City so we could all head up to Jackson, Wyoming for a short but well-deserved girl's weekend.

We headed out on Friday morning, meandered through Idaho (where they have some kick ass potato souvenirs, by the way), ate some burgers, fries, and pie at a place called 'Angus', and a little later than expected, arrived in Jackson. After a short decompress at the hotel, we headed downtown to get dinner and wander through the shops. We stumbled upon a fabulous restaurant for dinner...about the best salmon I've ever had...and then went back to the hotel to crash in preparation for our long day of nature sightseeing ahead the next day.

Saturday we headed up to Grand Teton National Park and successfully dodged the rain showers that plagued our entire trip. We did a short hike around Jenny Lake and accomplished my major objective of the trip: TO SEE A MOOSE!

Seriously, how freakin' cool is that?!? I was so pumped (there may have been jumping in the air and rockin' out fingers involved)...he was just chillin' right above the trail we were on. And then later we saw another one!! If I had to guess both were probably 2nd year/teenagery moose. It was so awesome. I heart wildlife.

Then, just around the corner, we saw a bear!:

Ha! Just kidding. It's just a log that LOOKS A LOT LIKE A LITTLE BEAR! Sure did scare the crap out of us!

After our morning hike, we headed up to Yellowstone National Park to witness the supervolcano in all its glory. That place was amazing as well, that is, if you try not to think about how all the geyers and boiling mud and acid pools might be a precursor of a catastrophic event way overdue.

Unfortuantely, my camera died before we got to Yellowstone, so head on over to Erin's blog for some great pics of our time there.

It was so great to see good friends and be able to spend some quality time together. Erin (being pregnant and all) was a trooper when we couldn't find a restaurant to eat at in Yellowstone and a great designated driver to boot. Aimee was an excellent nighttime deer spotter and navigator, allowing me to only look at a map a couple of times even though I drove the entire time.

Here's to more girl trips next year! Yay!

-Emily :)