Friday, August 22, 2008

Summer Get Away

Jeff and I wanted one more fun get away that didn't include a car seat, diaper bag, or stroller. We got the time off for a vacation in July, but soon after Jeff's grandma had a stroke that left her in an unpredictable state, and we couldn't make any plans or reservations.


Things worked out, like they tend to do, and although we were sad when Jeff's grandma passed away, we were able to use one of our vacation days for the funeral services. Then we had to decided what to do with the remaining 3.

Here's what we did..........we went to a cabin in Fruitland, Utah and rented a 14 foot aluminum fishing boat with 8 horse power motor and played on Strawberry. We had a blast!
The proof is in the pictures-


Jeff outside of the cabin with our fishing poles!

We'd never been in a fishing boat before, and Jeff was a little hesitant to steer at first. We had a little motor trouble, but we figured it out.

Talk about the perfect day! Here I am enjoying the ride.

Jeff was preparing the lines. We had fresh worms, salmon eggs, and colorful fishing cheese.

We fished for 5 minutes. Then we realized our attention spans were kind of short. So, we gave up on fishing and found an empty island to dock our rad boat on!

Here's the best part- I found some old sunscreen, which I assumed was waterproof. Who knew they even made non-waterproof sunscreen?
When we jumped into the water it started running down our faces and into our eyes. That's why this pictures so pretty.

After the sunscreen washed off, we both got fried! So much for preparation.






Jeff searching for crustaceans








Here I am steering the boat back to shore. It was a fun, fun get away!

3 comments:

Geoff said...

Looks fun! We need a get away too, also without babyseat, stroller, and baby :-) P.S. Welcome to the blogosphere.

Chelsey said...

I'm so glad you had fun! I know all about getting fried!! I'm so excited you started a blog! Congrats on Carson! I love that name! YAY!!! Love ya girl!

Smith Family said...

Jen this is our first glance at your blog! Welcome to the blogging world! Now you have one more thing to worry about! hehe! j/k Way to be with the fishing trip. Looks like you guys had a blast. p.s. we loved your hat!