Bear Lake

This past weekend, Al and I were able to go to Bear Lake. His mom and stepdad had booked a week at the WorldMark property and they took along their neighbors, Karen and Kelly, who have a boat. Neither Al or I had ever been to Bear Lake before, so we were excited to see it!

We arrived a little after 1:00 on Saturday and met Karen and Kelly down at the marina. Then we set off. To give you a bit of a feel for what it was like on the boat, here's a brief film. It's really loud.

We drove out to a quiet spot and Al and I were brave enough to go for a swim. The water was probably about 65 degrees and it felt fantastic!

I couldn't believe how blue the water was. It matched my blue toenails quite nicely...

Eventually, Kelly did some wakeboarding and waterskiing, but the water was really choppy, which made it difficult. Then we pulled out the tube. After Kelly had a couple of rounds, I went.

It didn't look like anyone else was going to go, but Connie decided to just hang out in the tube for a while.

Eventually, she requested a gentle ride around in the tube and she had a pretty good time!

Al was content to just hang out on the boat:

But afte a while, even he got in on the tubing action!

Here's a film of the last moments of his final ride:

After we'd been out for about three hours, we decided it was time to pull in before the marina became a traffic jam.

Then we went out for pizza, where Al and I got Bear Lake Raspberry Shakes! Bear Lake is famous for its raspberries, so raspberry shakes are the "thing to do" there. We thought about buying some raspberry jam but then realized how stupid that would be since my mom makes it out of her very own raspberries and I don't think Bear Lake raspberry jam cuold possibly be better!

The next day, we woke up late, had breakfast, and visited with Connie and Gary until lunchtime. (Karen and Kelly had taken the boat out again.) Connie went with us to lunch and then it was time to go. Al had forgotten to reapply sunscreen after his jaunts in the water. He looked great against our pink kitchen wall!