I didn’t know it, but I had a little human inside me!
Last November, my partner and I decided to spend Thanksgiving with some good friends from Idaho, and all visit the Grand Tetons for a small pandemic holiday gathering.
None of us had been to the Tetons before, and we were excited to explore. Being late November, and therefore frigid cold and snow covered, on the agenda was some easy snowshoeing, cooking, eating, cozying up and wildlife viewing.
Day 1, we took a nice easy loop on the Bradley Lake Trail with our snowshoes, and ooed and awed at the epic scenery around us.
After working up a bit of an appetite, we headed to our sweet little rental in downtown and cooked up a feast of vegan thanksgiving dishes. On the menu was a vegan loaf, mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy, green salad and Czech red cabbage, plus a scrumptious pumpkin pie with coconut whipped cream to seal the deal. Stuffed, we chatted away the evening and all headed to bed early to sleep off the excess calories.
The following day, we headed out for a short hike in the morning, then our companions took off for home, and my partner and I tooled around the mountains on a mission to find wildlife, scenery and good lighting.
Did I mention it was frigid cold? Well, it was… especially for this California gal gestating a tiny human without knowing it, but staying out until well past dusk was worth it for the epic lighting.
Our final day, I ventured out for a run along the road by the Elk preserve, froze my butt off, and ran into bighorn sheep with frost covering their warm wool coats.
Flights of a hummingbird 