This past week we spent some time with Rick's siblings at Bear Lake. We rented a home in Garden City that fit us all really well. The first day we all met up at the house and picked a room to stay in. Brad and Ruth, Dennis and Karen, and Larry were all on the main level while Rick and I, Hal and Janis, DeeAnn and Kathy, and Darla were all on the lower level. There was a big pool table on the lower level and a few of us enjoyed playing against each other. That first night we met up at Bear Trapper Restaurant. We had a reservation for all of us but unfortunately they refused to seat us until everyone was there. We were waiting for about fifteen minutes in the lobby for Hal and Janis to roll into town. It was a little ridiculous that they would not seat us...especially when we have a few senior citizens in our group. There was no place to sit so we all just stood there taking up space in that little lobby. Anyway.....
Once we got seated the food was good and we enjoyed visiting around the table.
That night we watched a movie set in the 1950's about a group of Latino boys trying to break into the exclusive sport of golf. It was good but made me feel mad/bad/sad of the racial exclusiveness that has taken place through the years. I know even still it lingers in today's world.
Rick and I brought our bikes because Bear Lake has a fun bike trail leading throughout the town. We rode fifteen to twenty miles each morning.
As we were finishing our ride that first day we were coming up to the house, and Rick pointed out two moose, a mother and her calf, right across the street from our rental. I did not see them at first, but they were in the neighborhood eating trees in someone's yard. They were really cool to see. It's been a few years since we've seen a moose and NEVER have we seen one in Bear Lake.
Rick called Hal (he and Janis were up making breakfast) and had everyone that was awake to come out on the deck to see them. We tried calling Kathy but she was not answering so I ran inside to knock on her door because I knew she would NOT want to miss seeing a moose. She loves spotting wildlife and had seen a bunch of deer on our way home from the dinner the previous night.
By the time she got out the moose had moved on so we hopped in the car and went to find them. We followed them for a bit and then picked up Darla who had been on a walk and took her to see them, as well. It was fun to see such majestic animals. At one point they crossed the road directly in front of us...
Our rental had a hot tub which some enjoyed.
Here are DeeAnn and Darla enjoying the warm waters.
Honestly we really did not do a whole lot on this trip.
I don't know if it's because we are all getting older....wait, I'm sure that's the reason….we just mostly sat around talking and hanging out. Ruth did a few puzzles, some of us played some games, but it felt like we ate a lot and just sat around talking. By 3:00 the first day I asked Rick if we could take a drive. We went out to a couple of stores and window shopped mostly. I picked up a set of bracelets that I thought were cute. When we got back to the house everyone else had left, as well.
We met up for dinner at a place called Coopers. It was in a clubhouse overlooking a golf course. We were there for AN HOUR AND A HALF before our main courses were served. Crazy, but we did have a nice server who tried her best to appease us all.
We celebrated Brad's birthday this night, a week early. After dinner they brought him a piece of cake with a candle, and we sang happy birthday to him.
The next day was more of the same. We started off with a bike ride...no moose this time.
I could tell I was coming down with a UTI so I had a teleconference doctor's visit and was able to get on some medicine right away. I didn't feel great, but the medicine helped to keep me out of pain. We had hoped to rent some wave runners while we were there, but the weather was a little cold, and I did not feel well enough, so we didn't. It was more of the same as the day before. In the afternoon, we invited Kathy and DeeAnn to come get a shake with us. They had heard that the car wash ice cream parlor had the best shakes. DeeAnn stayed back but Kathy came along. I got two scoops of ice cream, and when I saw her pile on the first HUGE scoop I was like, "Whoa! hang on there! Rick said he'd help eat it up, but he only took a couple of bites. The ice cream was really good and I DID eat the whole cup full. I don't know if that was a good thing our not... Rick and Kathy loved their raspberry shakes!
Next we drove over to the store that we had gone to the previous day, and I bought a couple more bracelets for Kendra and the girls.
Since we had plenty of food at the house we decided not to eat out that night. but we did get to all go to the Pickleville Playhouse to see a show called Trouble in Hunky Dory. It was a musical and was entertaining.
Here we all are. I'm glad we got a group picture.
The next morning was checkout, and the group had planned to attend the Logan Temple and then have lunch afterward. I was not feeling well, so I slept in and after most everyone had left, Rick and I packed up and left. We went home through Evanston instead of Logan. I started feeling better on the way home and decided that I would have been fine to go to the temple, but I did not know that earlier in the morning. Anyway, we had a nice drive home stopping at a Wendy's at Kimball Junction.
Our Bear Lake excursion was a nice time to spend a few days with Rick's family!
