Apple Garden Campground, Bear Lake, UT

We left Hot Springs on Tuesday to go to Apple Garden Campground at Bear Lake.

We took Jill's two kids, Boe & Kamber, and Shay's daughter, Emily, with us. This was pretty much a new experience for us to have grandkids camping with us without their parents. We have been looking forward to this since we started our new life style. It was tons of fun!

The park is pretty small with few amenities, but it is really pretty and peaceful. It is made right in the middle of an apple orchard (which still produces apples). There were lots of birds nesting in the apple trees. They didn't appreciate the kids' curiosity about their nests!

It was a big job coming up with activities to keep the grandkids busy. They are making necklaces to take home to their parents. Boe and Emily did really good (they are 5 years old), and Kamber (3 years old) did well, too, but she finally gave up after dropping her almost completed necklace several times.

They decorated cupcakes and then got to squeeze the leftover frosting into their mouths.

They had fun having a tea/lemonade party and eating their cupcakes. Emily was the hostess and served Boe and Kamber.

There was a fun playground where the kids played. It was above where we camped so we could hear and see them, but we were usually up there with them.

There were a few bumps and bruises from the playground, but they had fun. Kamber decided we needed to buy her some knee pads!

We had a fun campfire, but the marshmallows were a little sticky!

There was a big hill and they had lots of "tricks" to perform on it. Here they are in various stages of doing somersaults down the hill!

The lake was beautiful. On Friday we drove clear around it. Part of it is in Idaho and part in Utah.

We found a fun beach where we played in the water.

Boe enjoyed trying to skip rocks.

We will head back to Emmett after spending a couple of days in Idaho Falls dropping off

We will be coming and going from Emmett until after Labor Day. We have an Oregon/Washington Coast trip planned for September, then on to Northern Idaho and we plan to end up back in Eastern Idaho for hunting season and Thanksgiving before we go back to Wikieup, AZ. I will try to keep the BLOG up somewhat during the summer. Thanks for joining us on our RV adventures!