We usually don't go up to the cabin over big holiday weekends. The crowds and noise drive us bonkers. But this year we went up from Friday thru Monday and it was FABULOUS! The water level is so high that they have closed the Garden City public access road. This is a good thing for us as our cabin is off that road. I don't think I've ever been up there over a weekend and had it be so quiet. We spent the first day up at the North Beach in Idaho, but the rest of the time we just walked around the locked gate and set our chairs up at the top of the road. It was kinda like having your very own personal beach. I think I might just kinda like the high water level.
In the car ...
The gate....
See those reeds way out in the middle of the water, that is usually the end of the road which then opens up to about another 75 yards of beach. This is how it used to be when Ryan was a kid. Now it seems like this happens about every 10 years or so. There were cranes, a grey fox, birds of every kind, and pelicans to be seen in all that marsh land. Kinda cool.
Eating dinner down by the water...
Here we are on Sunday up at Tony's Grove. This is usually a beautiful lake surrounded by hiking trails and lots of greenery, butterflies, and little critters. Unfortunately, the lake is still frozen and the hiking trails impassable (unless you have snow-boots). Seriously? In JULY!!!
So we headed back to the lake and stopped at the Limber Pine trail instead.
It was a perfectly relaxing weekend and we can't wait to get back up there.
1 comment:
those first 2 pics of the kids passed out in the car are awesome! made me chuckle! ;) looking forward to some fun Bear Lake times in a couple of weeks, or maybe that will be Bear Lake pool? mini golf?
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