09/07/2026
Yes. For Instagram, I would tighten it. The current version is good, but the strongest idea is simple: after 36 summers, the view still stops you.
Here’s the version I’d use:
36 summers on Jackson Lake, and today was a wrap for another season.
There is something extraordinary about being on such a large body of water with the Tetons rising roughly 7,000 feet above you. The sense of scale is hard to describe until you are actually out there looking up.
I don’t know how many photographs I’ve taken on this lake through the years, but the drama never ceases to amaze me. We spent much of today doing what we have done for so many summers: simply gazing up at the mountains.
For someone seeing this place for the first time, it can be nothing short of jaw-dropping. After 36 summers, I still understand why.
What a privilege it has been to spend so many summers on this water, looking up at these mountains. I never take it for granted.
