Flaming Gorge Reservior

Thursday, July 30, 2020 – Fort Bridger, WY

This morning, we got everyone out of bed early to head down to Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area.  We had rented a 22 ft pontoon boat with a 60hp outboard for the day. 

We forgot to bring the kids’ life jackets, but fortunately we were able to get nice ski jackets for them with the rental.

We thought we would drive it down to the damn. 

The kids are eating Jello Jigglers in this picture.  :)  They all thought they were very good!

The views were awesome!

But with a 60hp engine we were only able to go about 11 miles per hour.  :)  There was no way we were going to make to the dam and back in the time we had, so we decided to find a nice cove, have lunch and get in some swimming.   

Mike and Ami went crawdad hunting and found quite a few of them.  Ami and Van chased them underwater with sticks, Alex wanted nothing doing with any more crawdads.  :)

Mike did go up to the shore and take a couple of pictures of the boat.

Tony and I took Alex and Avander out on the big tube to play.  While playing, we all stood up and Tony and I knocked the boys off the tube.  Well, they wanted to try again.  This time we all stood up and Tony and I were sure we would have the same result, but much to our surprise Tony and I ended up in the drink.  LOL!

I got this nice picture of Ami and Miranda enjoying their time on the water.

Soon it was getting time to head back.  We had to have the boat back to the marina by 5:00pm as they charge $100 for every 1/2 hour you are late, starting at the first minute past the hour.  Alex, Avander and Ami road in the front underneath the big tube.

It was a nice ride back and we did see some wildlife.

This time we did not take the scenic route but took a shortcut instead, so it did not take us anywhere near as long to get back.  Since we still had some time to play we found another nice area to do some swimming and exploring.

Before we took the boat back, Tony and boys wanted me to take some pictures of them jumping in the water from the rocks.

It was a wonderful day out on the lake.  I think everyone got a little bit too much sun.  Avander wanted me to take a picture of his back, so he could see how much sunburn he got.

While getting dinner ready, Mike washed all of the kids clothes so they could start getting packed.  Tony and Miranda and the kids will be heading back east in the morning.  After dinner, they started loading up the mini-van.  It has been a fun week and I am going to hate to see them leave.

While eating, we asked the kids what they remember most about their trip out to see Grandma and Papa.  They all had lots of things they mentioned, but Ami was the first to pipe up and respond.  She said “I got to shoot a gun!”

It was another wonderful day!