This Is Us

The next day we woke up, ate breakfast, got ready and headed to Vernal to the Dinosaur Quarry.  We didn't leave when we planned to, because Lydia got a bloody nose.  She has never had one before, so we think it was to dry and her body was used to the swamp cooler at home (Nick and the boys need it so they don't get bloody noses in the summer).  We got her all cleaned up, a cold rag on the back of her neck, and a whole box of tissues for her to take on the ride, just in case. We drove through the canyon and got to the quarry.  We had to wear masks and we had to make reservations online for the tram that went up to the dinosaur wall.  Our time was 11:30-12:00.  We could go anytime between that half hour.  We walked through the visitor center/gift shop to where we had to wait.  We waited in designated areas for the tram (numbered with numbers.)  Once it arrives the people coming back down, get off and go around us, and go in the doors to the vis...

We went camping 🏕 with Nick’s parents and one nephew. We stayed by Flaming Gorge. We took our trailer and his parents rented a trailer. We stayed in Green Lake camp ground. I made a menu on Excel for our meals and desserts. It included what we were eating and everything we would need for that meal. That was so helpful! I suggest you doing it! The first day: We were almost ready to leave. Nick was filling up the tires and saw that they were bad. So we took the trailer to get new tires. While we waited we finished getting ready and making sure we had everything we needed. It took longer than they had said. So I dropped Nick off back at the tire place to see if they just forgot to call us. Nope, they were having problems and the guy working on it was on his phone a lot. He finally got done, and the manager said he couldn’t figure out how to get the hubcaps back on. He ended up denting two of them, but Nick didn’t notice until he got home. Anyway, we got over to Dieter and Colleen’s. Then...

For the 4th of July weekend we went to Bear Lake. It was so fun! We went to a candy store called Rocket Fizz, got Ice cream from Cold Stone, had a picnic and played at Bear Lake, got dinner from Angie’s, watched fireworks 🎇 from our hotel balcony, watched movies, and had a great drive home. It was a short getaway, but was much needed and helped our family recharge! The kids didn’t care that the water was freezing. They jumped right in and had a blast floating around and swimming!