Bear Lake

 

After dropping Addy off at Lacrosse camp at BYU, we drove up to Bear Lake, which is a 3-hour drive from Provo, Utah.  The scenery is gorgeous once you get past Salt Lake and head east.  Bear Lake is located an hour east of Logan, Utah, and on the Idaho border.  Years before we visited Utah, I had listened to friends rave about Bear Lake and these famous raspberry shakes.  Bear Lake didn't disappoint.  The weather wasn't the best, but it was still worth the drive.  Our first stop was lunch, as we were so hungry.  We got burgers at the Burger Barn.  The burgers and fries were so good, but even better was that raspberry milkshake.  So good!  Afterward, we did a little along the shoreline before returning and getting seats for the country western concert and fireworks at Heritage Park.  The funny thing was that we ran into Addy's best friend from Georgia.  She was there with her family for a family reunion.  We enjoyed an hour of the concert before the rain rolled in!  The rain lasted a few minutes, followed by the most incredible double rainbow.  It was so bright.  We set up the chair again and watched the second performer, David Nils.  Sadly, the rain didn't stay away; lightning came with it this time.  We decided at this point it wasn't worth trying to stay for the fireworks because there was no guarantee we would get to see them.  We rolled into the driveway just a little after one in the morning.  We will definitely be going back to Bear Lake someday.