Tony Grove & Bear Lake

Last week we went to a camping ground up in the mountain of Northern Utah called Tony Grove. It was a nice relaxing campground and it was set to be a nice relaxing week (but not too relaxing, we certainly made sure of that), which would be nice after having so much energetic stuff all the time (which is great by the way).

We arrive early on Monday morning so we could book our campsites and get set up early. The campsite was nice and high up and was a great place to camp, it the midst of a large pine forest, about 2,300 meter elevation, thick mose and mountain lion country, with an amazing and beautifully clear lake right next to it where you could swim, fish, boat or hike around.

On the camp also came Reed, John and Kary and their kids, Wayne and Kristie and their kids, Nate and Cathy and their kids, Cade and Brianna and Kids, and of course Nathan & Britters. Jocelyn and her mother came for a few days as did Karrisa &Kids (Brandons wife). (All the husbands are Britneys brothers except for Reed who is her dad and Nathan (not 'Nate') who is her husband). The first full day we had (Tuesday) we spent just hanging arounf camp, doing short walks, relaxing and swimming in the lake. It was nice. On some of the days there we did an 800m swi in the lake with wet suits on (Me, Wayne, John and Cade). That was fun. During this swim and at the halfway point we would swim in the clear water with the trout. This was really cool as there were rainbow trout, brook trout and browns. The next day we were swimming in the lake and a boy drowned as I was rowing across the lake with the kids (I didnt know he had drowned until after he was dead). I dropped the kids at the shore and me and Cade had to row around Wayne and John and Nate who were looking for his body to make sure they were ok if they got tired. Scary stuff.

The next day we went to Bear Lake this was very fun and almost like the sea except fresh water. We rowed out in the dingy, and had gladiator wars. Me, Nate, Nathan, Britney, Cade, John and Wayne then played kick ups in the water for ages.

The next day we climbed Mt Naomi. It was just over 3,200m. High! It was a very fun climb and had an amazing view!! Excellent.

We had t pack up all our stuff in the rain which was very cold but it was so nice when Kristie made us all hot cholocate/hot cider with chees on toast from her trailer.

So yeah...great week! One thing I forgot to mention is that I love the fact that everyone here is like "Oh..I love your accent!"