This last week Chris and I both took a few days off and went on a little but much needed vacation!!!
We headed up to their cabin
We left on Thursday night
When we got there and unloaded stuff we went out for a drive to see what animals we could find
Saw some deer
Went to the pond and there was a herd of about 15 antelope
Sat and watched 10 pairs of cow and calf elk come down to water as a bull elk sat and bugled on the hillside until sunset
Then we went back to the cabin and watched Fox and the Hound
I haven't seen that movie in YEARS
Its funny how much you remember
Chris and I were quoting the movie most the way through
The next morning we headed over to Bear Lake
The weather forecast called for thunderstorms and rain all weekend
We decided to chance it
By the time we got there it was overcast, cloudy and started sprinkling
The weather wasn't cooperating and neither was Kennedy
We played on the beach for an hour or so and decided to go get something to eat and see if the weather cleared up
It didn't
It stayed rainy so we took the back way to the cabin
Stopped by the Elk Valley Station
It was pretty neat
We signed our names into the guest book for 2012
Its cool to look back through and see what every one else has signed or who has written in it
The weather wasn't the best so we spent a little bit of time playing inside
We watched A Goofy Movie
I love all the old VHS's that I've not seen in years!
It was like a trip down memory lane
Saturday was the day we planned to go four wheeling
Again it was supposed to be rainy and thunderstorms
We decided to chance it
There were some clear pockets and it looked like it was just a light sprinkle
We headed to Old Ephriams Grave
We made it there
Nice and sunny
Just as we were leaving it started to very lightly sprinkle a little
The skies were slightly grey but not bad
Kennedy kept calling it Old Eephis grave.. like Nephi with out the N
Well we made it to about the furthest point out on the loop and the skies turned black and it POURED on us
We had about an hour ride back to camp
We threw on our hoodies and made a dash for it
Kennedy and I were cracking up laughing
She kept singing "rain rain go away"
and we sang other rain songs
I put my sleeves over her legs (she was sitting behind me) and she stayed nice and warm
The rain was pelting us and just coming down hard
One point she even layed her head down on the bag and I covered her face-hole in her helmet with my arm and she fell asleep ha!
Chris got the brunt of it being in the very front
His clothes were soaked all the way through
The trails filled with mud puddles fast and streams were running down the trail
When we got back to the cabin we were DRENCHED
Todd, Jana, Roy and Kat had just shown up on their wheelers
They parked down in the parking lot of Hardware and rode up
They got caught in part of the storm too but had rain suits
We hung clothes out on the truck to dry and had some snacks
His family got ready to head back out while there was a break in the storm
They were headed up to a lake in the area
They made it a few miles out before lightning started hitting around them and the rain started so they headed back down to their truck
Theres a rule at the cabin
Girls don't cook
Its the "man grill"
At first I really didn't like it
I'm a little stubborn
But I have to say it was kind of nice that Chris did all the cooking and I didnt have to
One of my favorite things about going up there is besides there's no cell phone service :)
are the skies
The sunrises and sunsets are phenomenal
These are views right out the front door!
Kennedy is such a stinkin crack up
She dressed up like Chris
It was perfect
We couldn't stop laughing
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