Brandon Moon

Well folks, I’m out for the week. I wanted to get some posts queued up for today and tomorrow, but I didn’t get the chance. I guess this will have to count for today’s. If I have a good connection, I’ll post some pictures tomorrow.

We are on our way up to Bear Lake, which is an awesome place up on the Utah-Idaho border. Its a big lake with a distinct blue color, but the most amazing thing about it is how shallow it is (sounds weird, but it’s true). On the north, south, and west sides, the beach (yes, it has an actual beach) slopes gently into the water, after which you can walk out for hundreds of feet before you can’t touch the bottom. Being six feet tall, I can go until my family looks like little ants. It’s an awesome experience!

The shallow water makes for all sorts of awesome games you can play. Sometimes we play Horseshoes with one of the stakes in the lake, or Bocci balls where we throw towards the little “tide pools” that form in the beach. Not to mention building sand castles and drawing in the sand, and hunting for shells (there are a few small ones out there). My favorite activities by far are ultimate frisbee in the water, and water soccer. Yup, imagine running in one foot of water while playing ultimate, its an awesome experience. Diving for the frisbee is tons of fun too!

We usually camp up a canyon on the Idaho side of the lake. Tasha and I are really excited because we get a chance to try out our new camping stuff! It’s a pretty cheap place, plus there’s some really cool caves up the canyon that are a lot like the Timpanogos caves. They’re called “Minnetonka Caves” if you’re interested.

If you get the chance, Bear Lake is just a few hours north of Salt Lake. It makes for a great vacation!

This last weekend my wife and I attended a family reunion on my mother’s side. Since my mom has been helping out at Brighton girls camp for years, we were able to use the facilities for our reunion. We’ve done this for a number of reunions in the past, but it’s always a lot of fun. They have a zipline and some other ropes-course activities. One was particularly fun, called the “perch.” Basically it’s a tall tree that you climb, then stand on top of. Oh, and the top rotates. You’re supposed to jump off and hit a bell that’s hanging just a little ways off. It was a lot of fun.

We got to drive up with my brother and his two adorable kids. One of them, Benson, always keeps us entertained with his antics. You can read more about them on my wife’s blog. He sure was excited to go camping.

I love going camping with my sweetheart! Even if said camping is really in a cabin, and said cabin is full of all of my family. Besides, my nieces and nephews are super cute. It’s funny to see my siblings trying to put them all to bed in the same cabin. Adri was quite distraught when I told her I was going to sleep in a bed next to my wife instead of next to her.

In short, it was a very fun weekend. I look forward to the next reunion in Bear Lake!