Thursday, September 18, 2014

Big Bear Lake

This last weekend we decided to escape the heat and head up the mountain to Big Bear Lake.  It ended up being a very good choice leaving 106 degrees for the upper 70's.

We ate
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We slid down the mountain
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Riding the ski lift up to the top of the Alpine slide
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We swam..
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for quite a while apparently.
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Ryder's wrinkly  hands after swimming
We boated
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Alex posed (see it in action in the video below)
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Lucas got sick (seriously too many of our trips include someone getting sick!)
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Eric and the other two hiked (it was sad to see how low the water was-we need rain!)
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And we returned to reality-- where in 1 hour the temperature rose over 30 degrees as we descended down the mountain.

It was a great weekend and was a huge benefit to get away from the heat.  Enjoy this short little video of some of our weekend fun.

Do you take any weekend getaways?

7 comments:

  1. NicoleSeptember 18, 2014 at 8:42 AM

    Looks like a lot of fun but dang you packed a lot in in a short period of time! 1 weekend!!

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    1. EmmySeptember 18, 2014 at 9:07 AM

      Yea really more like one day even- we got there Friday night, and did everything but the hike on Saturday.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 18, 2014 at 2:13 PM

    Oh my gosh, it looks like you guys had so much fun. We usually do weekend getaways too, like a camping weekend in Banff National Park or at Little Bow lake. Where we live now, we have a private community lake so it makes it too easy to just stay put and veg on the beach.

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  3. Grandpa Bapa-PoppieSeptember 18, 2014 at 8:52 PM

    Loved the video!

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  4. ForgetfuloneSeptember 18, 2014 at 8:57 PM

    Love the pruny hands!

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  5. Sarah ShumateSeptember 19, 2014 at 2:55 AM

    FUN!!! This looks like a great getaway. I love the shots on the boat - gorgeous!! That one of Lucas driving the boat is my fav!

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  6. NatalieSeptember 19, 2014 at 7:08 PM

    Wow that looks like so much fun! The kids are getting so big!

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