Our vacation....July 2010

 We finally get a little break from school for  6 weeks and we wanted to make sure we fit in a little vacation. We started off by going to the Preston Rodeo with Shawn's family which is an annual tradition. It was my very FIRST rodeo and I loved it. I just felt really bad for the poor little calves that get roped up. They just get thrown around like a toy, but then I remember that I do like to eat beef so that made it better for some reason. I was amazed by the bull riders. I am not sure why they don't get hurt more then they did. I did notice that mostly every cowboy was limping after they got bucked off. Of course the rodeo clown just topped it all off.

We also went to the Minnetonka cave which was pretty neat. When we got to the end of the cave the guide turned all the lights off and we got to walk back a little ways in darkness just holding onto the railing. In the cave we learned that stalagtites are the ones that hang from the ceiling because they have to hold on "tight." While stalagmites are the ones that grow from the ground because they might make it to the ceiling.

It was nice to be in the sun again after our cave tour

                                    Driving home after the cave, there was a little river running next to the road.

                                      Shawn decided to do some fishing. Well, after a few casts his line got really 

                                     stuck in the middle of the river. Shawn get into the freezing river to save his 

                                     line and hook. Good thing  Shawn now has a wife to document these things. :)

 

                                    

The highlight of our trip was going to Bear Lake near Garden City Utah. Neither of us has been on a jet ski so we rented one for the day and loved it! It feels like you are flying over the water. There weren't that many people on the lake and it was a nice day. At the beginning of our ride, we were nervous since it was our first time, but by the end of the day we were jet ski experts! We also went to the beach and enjoyed the sun there. Shawn decided to bury me in the sand and turn me into a mermaid. I was covered in sand afterwards and continued to find sand on me for awhile.

"We don't know what we are doing.."

After we would finish a fast ride, Shawn turned into Wolverine.

Blue blue water

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