One last trip to Bear Lake before the cold comes in.
I miss it already.
We were the only ones at the property for most of the weekend. I love my family. But I have to admit, it was kind of nice to just worry about my little family. And not having to share anything or wait for my siblings to wake up to eat was an added bonus.
We watched the moon rise over the lake. Simply breathtaking... I wish I knew how to capture beauty like this. Enchanting.
We went on four wheeler rides to look for fall leaves and mud holes. What we found were a few leaves {I heard we were about a week early to see Logan Canyon's spectacular colors} and one gigantic puddle.
Now I've been known to plow my way through a few puddles and mud holes
before, but this one took the cake! It was huge. And deep. Deep enough
that Jeff and I had to put our feet up on the front of the ATVs to drive
through it. We all loved it! Even when I decided to gun it going in and splashed water up and over the top of the four wheeler and into my lap. The kids couldn't stop laughing because they figured I had peed my pants!
After a fun four wheeler ride, the kids and I went to the beach so Jeff could rig a set of "rabbit ears" and watch the USU football game. He is dedicated.
And like the last time we were at Bear Lake, Cole refused to put his swimming suit on, even after I told him he would want to play in the water. He insisted that he was just going to play golf on the beach and not get wet. Well, what started like this...
...ended up like this.
What a cute little twerp!
I love the quiet end of season days at Bear Lake. I can just sit back, relax, and sip away on a Mtn. Dew. While the kids and dog run wild!
By now we had visitors come by. So we took Rue-bug moose hunting. She says it's her favorite! We didn't find any moose {but we knew they were around somewhere... check out those prints} but we did find a lot of deer.
And we went rock hunting. I'm always fascinated by the rocks on the top of the water tower mountain. What is that stuff growing on them? And why does it grow like that?
Disappointed with our moose hunting, we decided to go to dinner. Afterward, Jeff was craving a raspberry milkshake so Fern boy, my sister-in-law, and myself headed out to find a milkshake. You have to remember that after Labor Day, everything in Bear Lake shuts down. Finding a milkshake at 10 p.m. in the summer isn't a problem, but in the fall, that's a different story. Knowing that every place was going to be closed, I decided to try the gas station as you come into town. It was dark, really dark, and I was trying to look for the entrance when I looked up and holy BLEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A friggin' moose was standing in the middle of the road! I slammed on the brakes and we barely missed Mr. Moose {he was probably just a couple years old but still}. We were in shock! I can't even describe how scared I was AFTER we were ok. The adrenaline was pumping and that poor girl at the gas station that night had to endure us freaking out as we pleaded for milkshakes and told her about the moose. I'm pretty sure our family thought we had made the whole thing up because we made such a big deal of the event. But we could have DIED people! Those suckers are big and tall and if you hit one, they are coming through your windshield straight at you. It still freaks me out just thinking about it.
The weather held out for one last beautiful weekend. I have a feeling I'll be missing my happy place all winter long!
