Summer Travels 2019: At the Cabin, Grand Lake and a Hike

U and Sarah joined us in Cedar City after they were done with work and school and we drove from Cedar to Grand Lake for U's family's family reunion. It was a relatively uneventful drive except for the part where Matthew got car sick. No fun! We ended up spending a few hours in Grand Junction to get some food and meds to help and to give him and the girls some time out of the car. Thankfully, we didn't have anymore car sickness on the trip (although we did regularly give Matthew medication to help). Because of our delay, we arrived in Grand Lake fairly late. The next morning, we enjoyed some time in the cabin before heading off to church.

Matthew with Allison's dog Buckwheat. The kids LOVE Buckwheat.

Megan and Buckwheat.
At the beginning of 3rd grade, Megan needed to choose a picture to tell about what she did this summer. This was the picture she chose.

Sarah and Grandma working on a puzzle.

When we went to get in the car before church, we noticed that a spider had spun quite an intricate web on the door handle.

We brought our trains to give to Sebastian. The four youngest kids enjoyed playing with them on a few different occasions.

Rabbit Megan.

Grandma, Heidi and Grandpa
Heidi is U's oldest cousin. She lives in Denver and came up on Sunday to spend the day with us.

Matthew liked his caterpillar cookie.

We went on a two hour boat ride on Shadow Mountain and Grand Lake. We had two boats, with some people switching boats partway through.

The boat we weren't on. Sarah was on it though.

Me driving with Matthew looking on.

Penelope, Tanis, Rowan and Megan

Grandma, Justin and Christian

Such beautiful scenery!

An eagle's nest

Megan driving.

Matthew driving.

Megan, Buckwheat and Allison

This is the point at which we switched boats.

Wren, Sarah and Charly.

Matthew driving again.

Seth and Ollie driving.

Sarah driving.

Another nest with a couple of birds in it.

Sarah and Seth

U sitting on Seth.

After our boat ride, we had a picnic and then walked to the Holzwarth Historic Site, aka Never Summer Ranch.

Megan practices her lassoing skills.

U gets it around the neck.

Matthew lassoes from the saddle. (The ranger told us this was harder.)

Playing graces.

Bean all dressed up.

Justin shows off his ruggedness. The missing tooth really adds something to the look.

U, Bean and Seth. They performed "Little Red Riding Hood."

Me wearing a buffalo coat. It is warm (and heavy)!

Seth

Megan

Megan and Matthew, washing socks the old-fashioned way.

Herd of elk.

A moose!
Me was really excited about seeing a moose on this trip so was happy to see one as we left the park.

Megan plays with a stick.

Matthew enjoys observing the scene from the camouflage hammock.

More trains!

People enjoyed going swimming a few times during our stay.

U with Matthew on a banana.

Sarah enjoys floating in a tire.

Megan enjoying her tube.

Other family was there as well.

We went on numerous walks including one where Grandpa and Me got quite wet from the rain. Me hoped to see moose on a walk since Grandpa usually sees some every day when he walks but we never did. It seemed the holiday week crowds had scared them off. However, there was lots of beautiful scenery and other wildlife.

Beautiful sunset!

We saw a couple of deer.