Our 53rd Anniversary, Leaving Bear Lake, City of Rocks, South Fork Recreation Area and then home! :) Aaron's all settled in :)

 We certainly enjoyed our time at Bear Lake State Park, Utah! I can see that becoming a yearly destination! 

Monday the 15th we took a little ride to Garden City, Utah, a very nice touristy town. We had decided that if we found a Mexican Restaurant we'd treat ourselves to lunch. We found Cafe Saber and it was delicious. Huge portions and a nice atmosphere. 

Way too much food, but ohh so yummy! 

Tuesday was our 53rd wedding anniversary. If you've been reading this blog for any length of time, you know that lunch is always bologna sandwiches! They were delicious by the lake. 

How we started the celebration of 53 years! 

Wednesday morning we left after taking our time to get ready. A beautiful drive we had to City of Rocks National Preserve. We had been there one other time when the grandkids were younger and they loved it. Figured we'd see it one more time in our lifetime. 

Beautiful Bear Lake from the top of the mountain! 

Beautiful City of Rocks, Idaho 

The camping spots that are in some of the rocks were way too small for us. We ended up turning around, but the views were spectacular. We headed down to their other campground to check it out. Very nice, but reservation only. Use the QR reader and get online or call, but we were too late for that. Anyway, frustrating for us so we decided to head for their small visitor center. 

We had a lovely night there until Ken went out to the truck and found a $60.00 ticket on the windshield. There was a sign that said No Camping with a picture of a tent crossed out. We see those at highway rest areas but we can overnight three. We didn't actually see that sign until that morning. Nothing that said No overnight parking though. Well, good morning from Idaho! 

Ken went into the visitor center and paid the girl. $61.80 as they charge for using your credit card. He did tell her they need a sign that says, No overnight parking. She agreed and said she'd tell her supervisor. Yeah, right!

Off we went towards Elko, NV. We were headed for the South Fork Recreation Area about 20 miles from there. There were a lot of campers again but we found a spot we could have had for two nights, but with all the bugs we were anxious to get going the next morning. 

Friday about 1630 we pulled into the driveway and just unloaded what was needed before heading next door to see Karen and hairy kids. They were so happy to see us. 💖

Saturday we spent here at home unloading and enjoying some college football  Ken barbecued some delicious burgers with some of our Conder Ranch beef. 

Had our first fire in the outdoor kitchen as we were out 
there about 0630 to enjoy some coffee and get ready for
pregame 😀

To close out the evening, a nice fire and a good beer 
in our favorite glass ever! 💕

Sunday, of course was Champagne Sunday. Had some BLT's for lunch. Later in the afternoon Ken cooked some delicious chicken and ribs on the Pit Boss. YUMMY. 

During the course of the day it was hard to pull myself away from the Charlie Kirk memorial. 😭

Monday we had to go to Gardnerville to pick up a prescription for me. Then to Carson City for some groceries at Walmart . Then we stopped at Discount Tires so Ken could get a quote on new tires for the Tundra $$$ and two new tires for the side by side $$. Yep, an expensive stop. They all should be in next week so we'll head that way then. A nice linner at Betsy's and then home. 

Today was divide and conquer. I spent a few hours in the Mansion getting it all cleaned up and Ken did his thing around here. There's several things he needs to repair on the Mansion. It's 5 years old now, so you know things are falling apart. Next he'll put on his RV repair hat. 😂

Russell and Lori got Aaron all settled in at UCSB. Bitter sweet for Russell and Lori, as they are now empty nesters! 

Aaron's apartment building 

Taking a load in...

Another one..

I love when Owen wears this shirt to support his cousin Jacob! 💙

Well, there you go. I give daily bloggers a lot of credit as even on vacation I can't find time to blog. Home is worse LOL. 

Happy Hour with my sweetie. Have a wonderful evening!