Monday, July 21, 2008

Work Hard.... Play Hard!

July 2008 Vacation: Yard Work, Bear Lake, More Yard Work & Moab

We all had the week of July 4-12th off and it seemed that we filled every second of it with something. For some reason we got the crazy idea that we should tear out all the rail road ties in our front park strip. So on Monday Adam, AJ & Mike (along with our wonderful neighbors) lifted and pulled about 15 ties and then helped the neighbors load them all in their trailers to take their houses. On Tuesday we left for Bear Lake. We enjoyed the ride up and took our time. When we got their we just relaxed on the beach and enjoyed the cool weather. That night we went into town and ate pizza, had shakes and then enjoyed the resorts swim pool. It was a quick trip but it reminded us how much we miss the summer tradition of going there each summer. On Wednesday we left before checkout and enjoyed the ride back home. Our entire day after that was consumed with the park strip project. We made 2-3 trips to Springville to get dirt & rocks. It was hard work and we were all very tired at the end of the day. I cant believe how much we were able accomplish! On Friday we left early for Moab. The highlights of that trip were shopping in downtown Moab, exploring some new trails, and a night boat ride down the Colorado River.