Bear Lake

Bear Lake was awesome. It is our last Hoorah for the summer, and we tried to do it all :) Chris and I, and Camber and Cory stayed in the KOA, while the rest of my family stayed in my parents Condo. The first night, we had a BBQ at our Campsite. It was a lot of fun, and really great food.

All of the little ones, love to play in the trailer. We have a little toy room, so to speak, and they all have a blast.
The next day, we all went to the beach. My parents rented Wave Runners for all of us for 4 hours, and Chris and I brought the Kayak along, and some rafts, etc.. We had a total blast. My mom loved the Kayak. I think she paddled around for 2 hours, while she watched us all take turns on the Wave Runners.
Cord and Adelle :)
Doug and Jen :)
Bree played on the beach with her cousins, making Sand Castles, etc...
When I took Elle, out in the raft with me, I guess it was nap time, and she was so relaxed, that we sat out there for a long time, so she could have her nap.
Chris and Bree :)
Chris, taking a turn in our Kayak.
The Beach Scene. We had a few things to keep the sun off, but it was a cloudy day :)
Oh yeah....here I am. I was surprised at how much fun I was having on these things. I didn't want to stop. Loved gunning it, and shooting over the waves :)
Elle had so much fun. You can't imagine how much sand I had to clean out of this little girl, when we got back to the trailer. But she doug in the sand, and water all day long!
Me and my two sisters, Camber and Jennifer. And my little Niece Aleigha.
After we got cleaned up, from our awesome Beach experience, we went to the Pickleville Playhouse, for a really cute play.
I'm glad we were in the back of this small playhouse, because, 2 hours is a long time for little ones to sit and watch an adult play :)
It was pretty funny too!
The next day, we got up, and went to the Minnetonka Cave. We hit it at the perfect time, because all of the tours in front, and after ours, were packed. And people had to sign up and wait for a time. But when we got there, we had 5 minutes before our tour started, and there was only a small family of 4 in our tour. It was basically a private family tour. Wow, how did we do that?
The family, getting ready to enter the cave, for our tour.
Here's our little family inside the cave.
There were Eight Hundred and Eighty Four stairs in this cave. Some of the staircases were never ending.
Here we are, once we got back out of the cave. All of us resting our legs, from the climb out :)
After our Cave tour, we stopped at a Picnic site for lunch. We really worked up an appetite.
Adelle, Cory, and Camber, enjoying some lunch.
Grandma, playing with the kids after lunch.
My handsome husband, and two brothers, Cord, and Dax.
When we got back to camp, the kids played on the playground, and jumped on the Jumping Pillow at the KOA.
So, the next day, everyone that was still here, came over to the KOA to rent the Banana Bikes, and this cool, bike we're on, that looks like an old time car. The two girls had a great front row seat for the ride.

Here are the Banana Bikers :)
We all met up at the Camp site, because we had the bikes for an hour. Everyone traded around, so that they could try all of the bikes. We had a total blast!
My little Bree actually peddled this tiny Banana bike all on her own. Steering was harder, but she did so great.
Camber and Cory taking a turn in this cool bike.
After the bikes, and lunch, we all went swimming in the pool at Mom and Dad's condo.
Of course, we couldn't go camping without our 4 wheelers. Kayla brought her new little 4 wheeler along.
Mom and Dad took everyone for rides in their Ranger.
Elle and Bree, love to ride the 4 wheelers, anytime they can!!!
And after everyone had gone, except Mom and Dad, and Chris and I and the girls, we went for a ride up the mountain again. This was Tuesday morning. A picture of the Boats on the Lake.
Good old Bear Lake from afar :)
And as we were coming down the mountain, Chris and I came around a corner, and a Moose must have heard us, and JUMPED UP! He gave us quite the stare. I thought he was going to charge or something. I think he was only about 20 feet away.
He was amazing. One of the highlights of my 4 wheeler ride for sure!
And this morning, while we were hooking up the trailer to come home, Mom and the girls were walking and playing in the KOA, for one last time. It was an amazing 6 days of fun, fun, fun!! Great food too. If you go, make sure to hit the Bear Trapper Steak House. We ate there, and it was really good too! Guess it's time to put the trailer away for the winter. Hmm, what will we do? he..he..