We went to Bear Lake the day after we got home from trek. I'm not sure what we were thinking. So keep in mind that I am already cranky.
This is an Andreasen family tradition. I have never been to Bear Lake, so as we're driving up the mountain, Brian is trying to convince me that the water is blue, like in Bora Bora. And I'm thinking to myself "yeah, right, sure it is". But when we stopped at the look out point on top of the mountain, I COULD NOT believe what I was seeing! SO gorgeous!
So... by the time we got down to the beach, it was 2:30 and Brian's dad only had a few minutes left on his jet ski rental. He told us to take it out for a spin. I have never been on a jet ski, so I was like "sweet let's go!"
I didn't feel like this for long.
Having never been on a jet ski, my husband gives me NO instruction what-so-ever except to hold on. I'll admit, when we started off at about 100 miles per hour, I had a HUGE smile on my face. I normally like to go fast. That smile, quickly turned to absolute terror. I was flying every which-way, my legs were getting rubbed up against the seat (which I was hardly touching because someone was driving like a maniac) not to mention the spray was FREEZING! After about 5 minutes of this death ride, I hear Brian yell back to me "get ready to lean!"
I didn't lean.
Brian turned the jet ski just in time to see me fly... about 15 feet... and land with a splash in freezing cold Bear Lake. I hadn't been in the water yet, and when Brian drove back over to pick me up, I couldn't catch my breath because the water was so cold, it caught me off-guard. So after about 10 minutes of panting in the water, waiting for my heart rate to go down, he pulled me back on, and let me drive.
I did not enjoy this either.
How exactly is this fun? I have to go fast enough to keep the ski up on top of the water, but I am also supposed to hold on when I'm going 400 miles an hour?! NOT my idea of a good time.
After that, we went back to the beach, where i gathered my things and went back to the room. Where I spent the rest of the day.
A few things I DID enjoy about Bear Lake were:
The pretty blue water
Spending time with family
Sitting in the hot tub
Eating Ryan's rice krispie treat
Raspberry shakes
and the drive through the mountain
2 comments:
I LOVE Bear Lake! Wish we could have come, but Mark was working :( I haven't been to Bear Lake in years! Love the pretty water...but it's not that warm. And you just had a bad experience on the jet skis. I love them (but then again, I don't drive them fast.)
Hahahahaha!!! I don't blame ya. Especially since you'd never been on one before. I HATE being the passenger on those. I refuse to ride on the back of JD's. I constantly feel like he is gonna flip me off. I do however enjoy driving them. Give it another shot, but not on the back of Brian's!! lol! Isn't Bear Lake pretty though??! Cold, but pretty!
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