Bear Lake with the Youngs

We had a great time this year going to Bear Lake with the Young's. This year we took up Grandma and Grandpa Young, Jill, Ryan, Erin and kids. We started off by getting up to Bear Lake early and we headed up to see the Minnatonka Cave. We had to wait for the next tour and the mosquitoes were so bad. We did survive the mosquitoes and got down into the cool cave.

Eliza wasn't too happy about her cave experience. It was a lot of stair climbing but, after while she bucked up and did the hike.

Jason and Anne enjoyed being on the tour with Auntie Jill.

Lucy and I were pals and she actually eventually fell asleep while we looked through the cave. I always get a little creeped out when I know I am way under ground. I always hope that the big earthquake won't happen while we are in the cave. It was really pretty and interesting to see the cave though.

The next day the kids were anxious to get out by the lake and on the beach. Immediately the kids got to work on building something in the sand. The adults just enjoyed relaxing and hanging out on the water tramp. The lake was so full this year that we had to head up to the North beach. We miss our private beach on the east side but, it wasn't too bad hanging out with hundreds of others on the beach.

Lucy enjoyed the sand but, not the water!

On our second day at the beach we rented a boat and had a blast learning to water ski, wake board, and tube. Jason loved the boat and spend all day on the boat. He was in charge of the flag and did a great job with his job.

Anne on the boat!

Mike water skiing with one ski. He is the man!!!

We took Lucy on the boat and she was unsure about it at first but, soon fell asleep in Grandma's arms.

Mike skiing!

Mike and Jason hanging out on the boat. It was so much fun having the boat and being out on the lake!

Jason finally got brave and went out on the tube with Auntie Jill. You can't see Jill but, she was on there. Jason loved it!

Dad built this cute princess sand castle with girls. It was fun to watch them build it.

So, another successful trip to Bear Lake. We saw a moose while driving to the west side and a naked guy walking in the lake...... What the? We had a great time with family doing puzzles, watching movies, golfing, going for walks, and eating good food.