Bear Lake

We took a wonderful family vacation to Bear Lake. I think we all agree that we must go back! I would love it if we made it a tradition for our family reunions, like my dear friend Chelsea's family does.

Bear Lake is on the border of Utah and Idaho and quite close to Wyoming. We stayed in Garden City. It's a cute little place without a stop light (though we all agree that they are due for a stop light at their main corner). My mom rented a condo with three bedrooms. It was perfect. One for my parents, one for us and Chris, one for Brittany and Danny, and Daniel slept on the sofa bed in one of the family rooms. We also had an awesome view of the lake.

What did we do? We went to their little fair for the Raspberry Festival and got yummy food, including delicious raspberry shakes, of course. Tony, Jed, and I went to the range and hit some gold balls, and the next day Tony, Jed, and Danny did a round of golf. We went to the lake, rode on a two person kayak and a wave runner. Jed had never been on a wave runner and was a little nervous (he's not really a fan of water...), but he loved it, just like I thought he would. Chris tried watermelon for the first time and love it. Some of the crew played tennis one evening. The biggest thing was going to Pickleville Playhouse to see The Hanging of El Bandito. I have another post about another Juanito Bandito show. They are fantastic and my entire family highly recommends them. So, of course we loved that. We also ate at their restaurant and that was great food. 

Overall, it was just a perfect vacation. Not too long, but long enough to have a break from life and spend some quality time with the family. Chris had fun, too, getting so much attention.

We kind of failed on the picture taking, but here are the few that we took: