Jenny Lake Boating offers a scenic cruise three times a day on Jenny Lake. We booked the tour online for Sunday afternoon. This was the Sunday before Labor Day. We thought we'd better figure out where you were supposed to catch the boat in advance of our 2 pm cruise time. We sort of arrived at the Jenny Lake Visitor Center around 11:30 am. I say "sort of arrived" because you haven't actually arrived until you've parked. We cruised the parking lot and not only was it full and overflowing - people were parked all along the road that ran from the main park road to the parking lot. Even worse, people were parked for about a mile in either direction on the main park road.
While it may have been possible for us to make the 2 pm departure time if we'd parked on the main road and started walking at 11:30, the prospect of that was not appealing. The elevation was nearly 7,000 feet. I have four stents. Mark is seriously anemic. Walking several miles wasn't really a viable option in that altitude.
I called to cancel. I didn't think the prospects would be much better for Labor Day and Yellowstone was on the agenda for Tuesday. I cancelled with the idea that we would take pot luck on whatever day we felt we had time to go back.
We did make it back but the scenic cruise was not to be. It was booked up. All day. But I was determined. I went there with the intention of getting on a boat. The only other option was the round trip shuttle trip. I don't think it was as good as the scenic cruise would have been, but it was better than no boat at all.
As we were heading back to the car, we saw the people heading toward the dock for the 2:00 cruise. Most of them looked like they were in worse physical condition than us. We probably should have waited on the dock. There were a few of them that looked like they might not make it onto the boat. 😉
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