Utah: Arriving at Bear Lake

We were so relieved to finally have a nonstop flight after so many difficulties with connections in the past. The kids were so great on our flight to Salt Lake. They were all so excited when we woke them up at 5 a.m. to get to the airport. The trickiest part is always getting all the kids and luggage and car seats from the parking lot to the parking shuttle to the check-in. Ruby was a champion traveler and with our early, nonstop flight we were in Salt Lake by 10:30 a.m. We had to pile in a taxi to get to our rental car place which was not at the airport (but saved us a TON of money on our minivan rental).

Ben was feeling nostalgic for Crown Burger/Apollo Burger so we stopped there for lunch and then had to try Swig, one of the many Utah soda/cookie shops. Then we were on our way to Logan. We stopped there briefly to see Dan and his family (who had just moved there the week before!) and let the kids play while I picked up groceries for our Bear Lake trip. Then it was off to Bear Lake. I love the drive through Logan Canyon. Everything was so beautiful and it was nice to be in some cooler weather.

It was great to see all of Ben's family (his parents and all siblings but one were able to be there). We rented a giant house that was fun for all of us to hang out in. The cousins got right down to business playing and it was fun to catch up with everyone.