被LX3震撼了。要不明年借个去rim2rim？力气省一点算一点。某人帽子太像日本兵，还老抢镜头。Jacey同学和Meng同学合作Nikon广告一张。最后一张超囧的集体照。还是出发太迟，差点在Sunrise看到sunset！

Here’s the travel plan for the passed 9-day vacation at Grand Teton NP, Yellowstone NP and Glacier NP. In case you may get some idea from it.

day 0: leave from bellevue, arrive at west yellowstone

day 1: grand teton
oxbow bend turnout
jackson lake lodge (very nice)
jenny lake
    hidden falls trail
    boat tour
jackson lake dam

day 2: yellowstone
artists paintpots
norris geyser basin
    steamboat geyser
mammoth hot springs
    mammoth hot springs terraces
        upper terraces area
        lower terraces area
north entrance
tower fall
hayden valley
mud volcano
yellowstone lake

day 3: yellowstone
lower geyster basin
    fountain paint pot
    great fountain geyser
midway geyster basin
    grand prismatic spring (must!!! hike from the south end of a bike trail for 1 mile for overlook!!!)
upper geyser basin
    old faithful
yellowstone lake
hayden valley
canyon village
    upper falls
        grand view
        lookout point
    lower falls
        artist point

day 4: yellowstone, drive to east glacier park
canyon village
    lower falls
        artist point
lamar valley
beartooth

day 5: glacier np
going-to-the-sun road
saint mary lake
jackson glacier overlook
logan pass
    hidden lake nature trail

day 6: glacier np
many glacier
    grinnell glacier tail
logan pass
    hidden lake nature trail

day 7: glacier np
many glacier
    cracker lake trail (full of holly horse shit!!!)
    iceberg lake trail

day 8: leave from east glacier park, return to bellevue
logan pass (thick fog!!!)
lake mcdonald

Would challenge Rim2Rim@Grand Canyon next year.
North Rim: North Kaibab Trail
South Rim: South Kaibab Trail (then 21 mile) or Bright Angel Trail (then 24 mile)
Elevation Gain/Loss: 4800ft/6000ft if hike from north to south

Conquered Half Dome@Yosemite last summer.

 

合5000公里，自驾游深入没有网络没有手机信号甚至吃饭都成问题的米国中部大农村整整九天。Grand Teton唯一印象是Jackson Lodge对着Teton Range的那排巨型玻璃窗，这才是Mountain View！Yellowstone的狼找得那个辛苦，Hayden Valley穿越了无数次，从山顶眺望Grand Prismatic Spring真是漂亮，还有为拍出好片坐在trail上冒雨等太阳。先是Beartooth下来途径最美农田，后在Glacier的Logan Pass邂逅最艳野花，包括初访时在山坡上等太阳结果等来大雨，再访几乎临走时天边撕开一角终得了个夕阳普照。某人熊铃铛摇得敬业，大伙齐心协力熊狼牛都挺过去了却在holly horse shit trail大败而归。当地印第安人的传统每周四至日是不准卖酒的，貌似山窝里的Swiftcurrent Motor Inn不在此列，土特产huckleberry beer口味很好。

住了9天vacation rental cottage本组织委员历史性地几乎什么家务都没做，翘着腿研究下一天行程等饭吃就行了，心有戚戚焉，在家非被老妈骂死不可。最大感触是Alaska去得太早，美西北旅游震撼不到了。今年的年假用得差不多了，决心重归宅男，好好做Milestone 4，下次抢features时更有底气些。明年去Grand Canyon搞Rim2Rim去！

路上聊到一个蛮有意思的问题，人有时会猛然发觉这个地方曾经来过。某同学提供的一个解释，大脑存储过程有时会出错，类似数据库的存储过程和索引原理，对某个存储单位的时间标记错误地标成了以前的某个时间点，可以是几天也可以是几年前，导致刚输入的信息，大脑再次处理时误认为是在过去的某个时间点，从而导致似曾相识的错觉。所谓自己骗自己，是可能的。