What a weekend. This was perhaps the busiest and most tiring one we've had and are likely to have until The Girl arrives. We were invited by our friends to join them in a rental condo up in the mountains at a place called Bear Lake.
For those not in the know, like I was, Bear Lake straddles the Utah Idaho border and apparently has a huge thing for raspberries. The lake is pretty big in terms of mountain lakes and the drive was stunning. Everything was still blooming up there so it was mottled with yellow, blue and white wildflowers. The condo we stayed in had three floors, easy access to a swimming pool and was close enough to the lake that you could see it very well from the windows.
Friday night we made the drive up there and enjoyed the early evening forest (Cache National). Dinner was a spicy chicken alfredo with ziti. It was quite good. The Wife and I were in charge of breakfasts and so I had to make a little trip to the local market. It was a tiny thing, maybe 1000 ftsq. I purchased what we needed for foods and we went back and slept. Saturday we swam, but were toasted after that so we stayed in and played Magic. Sunday we took a small drive and played in the sand at the beach. The Boy had so much fun, flitting about and digging with all of us. We made a sand volcano, it was taller than the lad. I then did this to him.
Thoughts taken from this weekend:
The Boy was very good. He listened very well and he only had to go into Time-Out once when he refused to go to bed. However, that was pretty minor.
I really need to get a griddle. The one I cooked on was very cheap but I made it work quite well. Sausage, eggs and bacon all turned out quite well. The hashbrowns however were better in a skillet.
This is the last trip thingy we are taking until The Girl comes. The change in altitude and environment was not kind to The Wife. We are going to be home bodies for a while.
For those not in the know, like I was, Bear Lake straddles the Utah Idaho border and apparently has a huge thing for raspberries. The lake is pretty big in terms of mountain lakes and the drive was stunning. Everything was still blooming up there so it was mottled with yellow, blue and white wildflowers. The condo we stayed in had three floors, easy access to a swimming pool and was close enough to the lake that you could see it very well from the windows.
Friday night we made the drive up there and enjoyed the early evening forest (Cache National). Dinner was a spicy chicken alfredo with ziti. It was quite good. The Wife and I were in charge of breakfasts and so I had to make a little trip to the local market. It was a tiny thing, maybe 1000 ftsq. I purchased what we needed for foods and we went back and slept. Saturday we swam, but were toasted after that so we stayed in and played Magic. Sunday we took a small drive and played in the sand at the beach. The Boy had so much fun, flitting about and digging with all of us. We made a sand volcano, it was taller than the lad. I then did this to him.
Thoughts taken from this weekend:
The Boy was very good. He listened very well and he only had to go into Time-Out once when he refused to go to bed. However, that was pretty minor.
I really need to get a griddle. The one I cooked on was very cheap but I made it work quite well. Sausage, eggs and bacon all turned out quite well. The hashbrowns however were better in a skillet.
This is the last trip thingy we are taking until The Girl comes. The change in altitude and environment was not kind to The Wife. We are going to be home bodies for a while.
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