We set out for a longer hike today - up to Bradley Lake and then back down to Taggart Lake and finally back around the moraine to the car. It was a total of just over six miles, but the starting elevation around 6,200 feet and our elevation change of more than 500 feet made it a pretty good challenge, especially since we had slacked off for so long.
The trails around these two lakes are some of the most popular in the Tetons, so there were a lot of folks hiking. That, of course, meant a lot of noise to scare away any wildlife - making it a little disappointing after seeing so many bison and moose near our campground.
Joani, desperate to capture anything that moved, decided to get up close and personal with a grasshopper. Maybe he had stopped for a nap because Joani nearly touched him with the camera lens and he still did not hop (or fly) away. In flight, these grasshoppers made strange buzzing and snapping noises and followed very erratic and random flight paths. There was no way to tell which way they were going.
He was alive, I promise.
He did eventually fly away revealing his bright yellow wings.
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