Bear Lake

Our friends, Carol and Larry Wintersteen, invited us to go with them to Bear Lake again this year.  That makes our third trip there, to stay with Carol's brother, Roger, in his cabin.  Friends, Stan and Nancy Beck, also went with us.  We all rode together for the 5 hour drive there.  We spent 2 1/2 days there, relaxing, bonding and tasting the famous raspberry milkshakes Bear Lake is known for.  We really didn't do much.  Roger has a huge raspberry patch in his backyard which was full of ripe berries.  We had lots of fun picking them and especially eating them.  Although we ate them at just about every meal, there was no chance of tiring of them!

Here we all are:  Carol, me, Stan, Nancy, Layne and Larry.

Here's our host, Roger Armstrong.

Here's Layne, helping pick Roger's raspberries.  Nancy is in the background.  Can you imagine having more raspberries than you can pick?  We can only wish.

We didn't sit around ALL the time.  This year we drove to a place called Bloomington Lake.  It wasn't far away, but took awhile to maneuver the winding dirt road that took us there.  We hiked up to a series of lakes which ended with Bloomington Lake.  It was lots of fun to walk the winding trail and take in the beauty of the lakes.  It pretty much took the day by the time we returned, with a stop-off to get raspberry milkshakes.  Here's Bloomington Lake.

Here is the trail around the lakes, with me, then Nancy and Stan below.

We went for local walks also.  There is a golf course near the cabin, which we walked around...and sat awhile.  Here's the walk around part, followed by the sitting part.  We older guys need that, you know.

The resters are Carol, Layne, Roger and Stan.

After lots of bonding, lots of food and fun activities, we drove back home Saturday morning.  Layne was the driver both ways since we had the biggest car, thanks to Gerald and Frances, owners of said big car.  It was all over after just a few days, but it was lots of fun.

Soon after our return home, friends Brad and Beth Hutchings arrived, on their way home from a vacation.  We haven't seen them for a long time so it was a treat to spend a little time with them.  We talked about all sorts of things; they love to discuss a variety of things and so do I so we talked a lot.  Layne listened in; he isn't much for all of that chatter.  They are techies too so they helped me with some of my never-ending questions about some of my devices.  It was so fun!  They spent the night and left Sunday morning for home.  

So ends another week.  The kids go back to school a week from tomorrow.  Gerald and Frances should arrive sometime this coming week.  I hope.  Audrey is coming next weekend too.  It looks like a busy week ahead.