The past 2 weekends we planned to go to Bear Lake. Each time we ventured out, we got distracted along the way and ended stopping and exploring different places in Logan Canyon. This time we finally made it all the way to Bear Lake. We stopped and went on a hike a little bit before we got there. The hike we went on is called Limber Pine Nature Trail.
Here is a view of Bear Lake from the hiking trail.
This was our first stop along the trail. when we stopped here and read the number on this sign, we realized that we were hiking the trail in the wrong direction. The sign says this is a spot to reflect and this is where we took the pictures of the view of Bear Lake.
This tree looks like a big cartoon tree. I love it! We all had to take turns posing in front of it.
I love taking pictures when we hike and the kids love to pose for the pictures I take. We have so much fun. I love to see the poses they come up with. They are too funny!
This is the part of the hike where we came across a large amount of snow on the trail. It was also super windy in this area. The sign at this point was pretty much ruined, but what we were able to read of it, it said something about the strong winds in this area.
We went off the trail for a little bit at this point and found some treasure. We ended up finding a bunch of fire wood and something to tie it with. Luckily we found this toward the end of the trail so we didn't have too far to hike with it.
This tree made a perfect seat for us to pose on. Brinley was really scared when she was sitting on it. In her first pose, she is sitting really stiffly and you can tell she is nervous. then she came up with this funny second pose. I love it! Alissa posed for a few pictures and she was really cute, but I didn't get the focus right, so the pictures didn't turn out. Parker was so funny posing with his gun in almost all of the pictures I took of him.
We stopped at a café in Garden City called Merlin's Drive Inn. It was really yummy food. they had really good tater tots, grilled cheese sandwiches, burgers and hot dogs. It said that they specialize in milkshakes, but we didn't try one. Next time we will for sure. I also think it would be fun if we try the Merlinater. It's a big $16.00 meal. It is an extra large burger with drink and fries. If you eat the whole thing, you get your picture hung up on their wall.
We finished eating then headed to the lake. It was too cold, so we didn't plan on swimming. We just stopped for a while and the kids practiced their rock skipping abilities.
Here are some pictures from the ghost towns that we visited after our stop at Bear Lake.
We had a long drive home. We decided to break the drive up a bit by stopping to go on another hike.
After our little hike, we went adventuring in the truck. We followed this tiny dirt road for a while. I insisted that we turn around and head home when we reached Idaho. Later we looked on a map and discovered that we would have eventually reached a lake, had we not turned around.
Finally out of the canyon and heading home, the scenery was beautiful. I love the way rain looks from a distance and the kids were super excited about seeing the rainbow.
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