We're doing this!

Skyler attended his second Civil Air Patrol meeting last night.  It's definitely happening, he has one meeting to go before he's in.  It's WAY better than the Boy Scouts, the Cadets get to shoot rifles and fly in airplanes!

He got to learn how to "fall in" and they did CPR, first aid, and stretcher training.

 

A trip to the Fort Douglas Museum.

Wow!  I highly recommend a visit!

Gorgeous stained glass.

Wedding dress made from silk WWII parachutes.  

Fun fact, the town of Manti, Utah had a parachute factory during the war.

New park!

Complete with bike trails!

We will be back to ride it after they stop watering the new grass every 15 minutes.  It was muddy!

Civil Air Patrol.

Skyler has decided he wants to join the Civil Air Patrol!  He attended his first meeting last Thursday and seemed to really like it.  They meet every Thursday evening so stay tuned.

Blackhawk helicopter "taxiing".

Speaking of cows...

We celebrated Father's Day with a tomahawk ribeye steak from Costco.  I pellet grill smoked and charcoal grill reverse seared it, fantastic!

Dry rubbed with some Misty's Steakhouse seasoning.

Time to reverse sear over charcoal.

My god.

10 minute rest.

It was the size of a small prime rib.  We had plenty.

Plated.  SO good!

 

Some cows, cowboys, and a movie.

Cows on the mountain getting rounded up by cowboys.

Not sure how cows can graze on such a steep slope.

Cowboys and their horses.  It appeared they were ear tagging the calves.

After 3 years of owning the motorhome and trying to watch "Svengoolie" on Saturday nights, it finally happened!  We were able to tune in.  Too bad Altair fell asleep almost immediately.

More form Bear Lake.

Desert Moonflower.

Floating on the "island" made from large inflatable platforms.

It turned out to be a lovely day.

Skyler kneeling on his paddle board.

Here he comes.

Pellican!

Taking a break.

Dog on a paddle board.

Skyler joined the dog.

Altair taking a turn.

She said it really made her leg muscles sore from the intense balancing.

Skyler and Altair on the water.

 

Weekend camping (glamping) trip to Bear Lake.

I had never been to Bear Lake before Friday.  It's pretty nice, we enjoyed ourselves despite the cold.

We had a nice spot.

Playing a game.

Good clouds.

The kids.

The lake was almost full.

More clouds.

Sun going down.

Sunset shot.

Kids on the beach.

Propane camp fire.  The only way to go! No smoke.

 

A day late.

 

A trip to the Hill Aerospace Museum.

The museum was hosting a STEM event and we thought it would be a good activity for Skyler.  It was geared more toward the little kids so instead we just took the rest of the museum in.

New gallery under construction.  It says it will be open this fall and most of the collection will be moved indoors.

Speaking of indoors, the B-29 its finally inside!  They had to remove the outer wing panels to fit it through the doors.

16 foot 7 inch diameter propellers!

Painted as "Straight Flush" the aircraft that flew ahead of the "Enola Gay" on August 6, 1945 to report weather conditions prior to dropping the bomb over Hiroshima.

A welcome home surprise.

I always wanted a gas powered mini bike as a kid.  Maybe call it an impulse buy, but I bought one for Skyler last week!

On his way to go see Grandpa last weekend.

Flood update.

Little Cottonwood creek still hasn't reached peak flood stage.  But it's still raging!

Slightly down from 2 weeks ago.

Yuccas blooming.

Rare red headed duck.

We headed over to 4800 S. to see Little Cottonwood creek where it enters the Jordan River.

The confluence.  Both are very full.

Green!  I've never seen Utah so green.