Monday, August 4, 2008

The Hogle Zoo and Bear Lake (Sorry...it's very long!)

I will begin by apologizing for this super long post, but we have been out of town for the past 8 days and we had so much fun!  We took oodles of pictures so I tried to narrow down a few that we wanted to share.  We drove Sunday night out to Salt Lake and it was actually a pretty enjoyable ride.  Then Monday, we got to go to the Hogle Zoo and it was a blast!  Tracen absolutely was enthralled by all of the animals and couldn't get enough of them.  Then on Tuesday, we headed up to Bear Lake, where Chris' family owns a cabin right on the lake.  The water wasn't the best, but Tracen did get a tube ride with Daddy and Chris got in some skiing and knee boarding.  While we were there, one of my teeth that I have been neglecting for the past year started throbbing, I was in so much pain, but luckily I had a perscription for Lortab...bad idea #1. When I took it, I felt like I was spinning and could hardly keep down any food!  Not so fun!  Ohwell, we had an enjoyable time, especially when my tooth was throbbing with piercing pain!
Chris, Tracen, Grandma Maree, Sara and Logan on the Train ride around the zoo!
The crew at the zoo in front of the fun train (choo! choo!)

The tiger decided to grace us with his presence and take a swim. It was amazing to see him up so close!
The leopard was agitated at all the people watching him.  He kept pacing around.  Tracen thought he was cool, but doesn't he look like he is ready to eat him up?
GRRR...Mom and Tracen on the Merry-Go-Round.
Welcome to bear lake.  Many years ago the water at bear lake was much higher and it came right up to the cabin.  Now, there is about 100 yds of reeds from the cabin to the lake.
But Tracen sure enjoyed the dock!
Tracen's first tube ride with Daddy!
What cool dudes!
Chris' skiing skills!
Tuckered-out-Tracen, and a nauseated Mommy!
Chris can't just knee board, he has to throw a flip or two.
The fish (carp) in the Bear Lake marina love to suck your toes.  We went and fed the fish with cousin Lisa almost everyday.
The cousins.
Tracen and Daddy swimming around the boat.
Grandma Maree, Tracen and Daddy!
Tracen on the tire swing!  It was a fun week!

5 comments:

Meagan said...

I glad to see that you guys had such a great time. Tracen looks like such a big boy in the tube with his daddy.

Reno 411 said...
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Reno 411 said...

I love Bear Lake. It is so much fun. I always got so sunburned there. It is sad how low the lake has come down. I remember back in the day when there was a whole lot more water.

Hoogle Zoo is so fun. I love that you got to see the tiger so close. Did you get to see the stuffed Liger? They are Napoleon Dynamite's favorite animal.

It sounds like you had a fun trip.

Emily Rasmussen said...

Sorry about your tooth! :( But your family looks so cute in all your pictures and it looks like you guys had a really fun time.

Jen H said...

Great pictures! I love the Hoggle Zoo and wish we had a decent one close.