Today we went to Emma Matilda Lake up Pacific Creek Road. If you enter Grand Teton National Park from the Moran Entrance it's just a few minutes in on the right hand side of the road. Since we went to Two Ocean Lake on Lulu's birthday we decided to check out the other lake trail that stems off this road.
We parked at an unlabeled pull-out and there was a small trail with no markers so it seemed like a perfect place for us. The trail starts off with a bit of a climb and it takes a bit to get in sight of the lake (about a half hour) but is a very beautiful and diverse hike. Its a nice narrow path that winds through meadows, aspen groves, and pine forests, occasionally with a glimpse of the lake in the near distance. After about half an hour you come to a few signs where the trail forks off into North and South Emma Matilda Trails. We took the North Trail and followed it until we began to veer away from the lake. That's when Kevin noticed something off the trail and with an abrupt left we bushwhacked it down to the lake.
Near the edge of the lake was an Elk path. We followed it up and around the first bend of the lake while we looked for a good, dry spot to stop and have lunch. Along the way we saw the remnants of what seemed to be a wolf hunt; bones were strewn every where and we found a lot of wolf scat, but no fresh tracks so that was good. We eventually came upon a nice river rock beach and stopped for lunch. Today we had bologna and cheese sandwiches with grapes and bananas as a side. As any outdoorsman knows it is important to know many ways to start a fire, so today Kevin used a road flare to ignite our fire and it worked unbelievably well.We even submerged it in the lake to see if we were still able to get it to re-ignite, and we were!
While Kevin and I were searching for firewood we found mint and decided to have some fresh mint tea. Luckily we had a glass bottle with us, so we filtered some lake water into the bottle and added some fresh mashed mint and put it in the fire to boil. As a treat for the kids we brought some marshmallows, and Emma was put in charge of roasting them to perfection. A great after lunch dessert of fresh mint tea and warm toasty marshmallows was enjoyed by all.
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We parked at an unlabeled pull-out and there was a small trail with no markers so it seemed like a perfect place for us. The trail starts off with a bit of a climb and it takes a bit to get in sight of the lake (about a half hour) but is a very beautiful and diverse hike. Its a nice narrow path that winds through meadows, aspen groves, and pine forests, occasionally with a glimpse of the lake in the near distance. After about half an hour you come to a few signs where the trail forks off into North and South Emma Matilda Trails. We took the North Trail and followed it until we began to veer away from the lake. That's when Kevin noticed something off the trail and with an abrupt left we bushwhacked it down to the lake. 
Near the edge of the lake was an Elk path. We followed it up and around the first bend of the lake while we looked for a good, dry spot to stop and have lunch. Along the way we saw the remnants of what seemed to be a wolf hunt; bones were strewn every where and we found a lot of wolf scat, but no fresh tracks so that was good. We eventually came upon a nice river rock beach and stopped for lunch. Today we had bologna and cheese sandwiches with grapes and bananas as a side. As any outdoorsman knows it is important to know many ways to start a fire, so today Kevin used a road flare to ignite our fire and it worked unbelievably well.We even submerged it in the lake to see if we were still able to get it to re-ignite, and we were!
While Kevin and I were searching for firewood we found mint and decided to have some fresh mint tea. Luckily we had a glass bottle with us, so we filtered some lake water into the bottle and added some fresh mashed mint and put it in the fire to boil. As a treat for the kids we brought some marshmallows, and Emma was put in charge of roasting them to perfection. A great after lunch dessert of fresh mint tea and warm toasty marshmallows was enjoyed by all. 
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