Special Time with Leon, Chrissy and Kids

July 11-15, 2010.

This week we hooked up with Leon and his family at Yuba Lake about 50 miles south of Payson, Utah for their vacation. We were invited earlier this year and had made reservations in the Utah State Park Oasis campground while Leon set up camp on the North Beach area which is undeveloped camping. After church on Sunday on the way down we suffered a mishap with minor damage to the motor home when it was not possible to avoid running over a truck tire casing stretched across our lane of the freeway just south of the Idaho border. The right rear fender was ripped partially off and the exhaust was slightly damaged. Repairs were made after we returned home. We stayed overnight parked at LaRinda and Trevor's home in Provo and drove on to Yuba Lake Monday morning. To begin the week we had a day of cooler weather with lots of wind but the weather got better each day as the week went on and we had a great time. We towed the dune buggy for transportation. It was about three miles between our camps and we would spend the day on the beach with the family and then they would all come to our camp in the evening for showers, dinner and a movie or conversation. The campground was very well kept and had very nice restrooms and showers. Leon had his SeaRayder jet boat from our family Lake Powell days and they had a couple of nice play islands that made for a lot of fun in and on the water. The lake level was very low but the water was not too cool and with the warmer weather we spent a lot of time in the water. Dad, Leon and Kendra took a boat tour around the lake and Kendra did an awesome job of knee boarding on the return trip. Leon took Brendon fishing down near the dam one morning but apparently didn't have much luck. Some of the memories were a sleep over by each of the kids at our motor home in turns. The next morning that Kendra stayed with us Dad took her out to the large, unused parking area across from the campground to learn the basics of driving a stick shift in the dune buggy. She seemed to have a great time. We also had an evening to watch a movie of Brendon's choice on his night with us. We hope he enjoyed the stay also. We love each of our children and their spouses and families and we were grateful for the invitation to spend this time with Leon's crew.