Visiting the Bear

Wes invited us to go for a ride with him to Randolph...with the promise of stopping at Bear Lake on the way back. He said he would need to fix a wheel on a swather and then take it down the road from where it was at to a different farmer so he could demo it. He said,"Shouldn't take longer than a few minutes." We couldn't turn down that offer.

We picked up lunch on the way and after a long ride to Randolph-and the first SuperFriends disc watched, Wes had the tire fixed in record time. We stayed in the truck...It was @99 degrees outside and there were these HUGE black bugs there that could carry off a toddler. Poor Wes had to wear a long sleeved jacket in that heat to keep the bugs from assaulting him. Anyway, It took roughly 45 minutes to follow him to the farmer's field where the swather was to be left. He promised that it would only take @ 15 minutes to show the guy how to run it. Funny thing, on the way down this DESOLATE dirt road there was suddenly a traffic jam. Eight vehicles not including myself and the swather! STRANGE.... SURPRISE! ALL the farmers in the trucks were on their way to demo the swather.....EIGHT of them. I realized right away that it was going to be longer than 15 minutes.

At first, we had the windows down for the breeze...the big black bugs finally smelled our blood and showed up in swarms...Windows up! GREAT! Now we have to run the A/C in short blocks of time to keep from over heating while we're sitting there. Next comes the "I'm Bored!" from the back. SuperFriends was not going to keep their attention much longer...Wait! I remember I have a deck of cards stashed in the truck somewhere- (You never know when you may need a deck of cards for a spontaneous game of poker...) At least 50 games of Go Fish later, Wes was finally ready to go. Good thing, Katelyn REALLY REALLY needs to GO! Poor Wes was drenched from head to toe after having to wear that long sleeved jacket for 4 hours- he drank all the rest of the water we had in the truck.

On our way back to the lake, we talked about the pioneers and how they must have thought that Brigham Young had lost his mind when they traveled through this area. Swamps, big black biting bugs, mountains in the distance that you just knew you were going to have to cross... We decided that we would have made terrible pioneers...Oh and about 15 minutes down the road we had to turn around...the swather was making a funny noise. Woo Hoo! More Go Fish!

After the stop at the icky blue boxes it was off to the lake for a while...

Katelyn and Ryan looking for shells.Ryan picking up rocks to throw in the lake, (notice the respect that he gives me??? Pretty brave since he was a long way from home!)Ryan trying to skip rocks.Wading out as far as Dad will let them. Ryan walking on water...

All in all, it wasn't too bad. We picked up dinner at LeBeaus on the way out. By the time we made it home it was time for bath and bed. Good thing, it was a looooooooong day!