TABLE MOUNTAIN, Wy—High in the mountains of the Jedediah Smith Wilderness near Grand Teton National Park on Saturday, hikers found a treat waiting for them at the top of Table Mountain. The Burton and Taow families set up a lemonade stand.
"Our parents — our dads, specifically — they wanted to do a funny climb every month, and they decided one of the months they wanted to do a lemonade stand and then the kids decided they wanted to come," said Tessa Taow.
Brad Burton and Sven Taow prepared for the lemonade stand by hiking up on Thursday with two bottles of Simply Lemonade. They buried the bottles in the snow. Saturday morning, they hiked up again with their families. They also had two more bottles, fresh lemons, a table and some homemade signs.
“A table on Table,” Burton said.
The families wrapped one of the homemade signs around a rock on the final approach to the top of the mountain. It promised cold lemonade for a price.
“Ninety-five cents, exact change, or you have to do a dance for us,” Burton said.
Weary hikers were a little skeptical but were reassured as hikers came of the mountain and confirmed there was indeed lemonade at the top.
Sven Taow said they had some success giving out the lemonade. They had a few dollars and “a lot of really good dance moves,” he said.
“A lot of flossing. I didn’t know that was still in, but apparently it is,” Burton said.