The Gambles and Bear Lake

On July 10th, Deb, the girls, and I drove over to Liberty to begin our vacation and to kick off the George Gambles Family Reunion. Since we knew that Lynn, Leisha, and their family were camping up North Canyon just outside of Libery, we drove over and had supper with them at their campsite.

After supper, Angie went with Grandma Don into Lynn's trailer to go potty. Grandma Don quickly found out that anything you say to Angie will be repeated. Grandma Don had gone to the bathroom and told Angie that she needed to light a match (for obvious reasons). When Grandma Don and Angie emerged from the trailer, Angie announced, "Grandma needs to light a match!" Of course, Grandma Don went 20 shades of red!

That night, we slept at Lynn and Leisha's and got ready to go to Garden City for the George Gambles Family Reunion.

We arrived at the Garden City Park just as the reunion lunch was beginning. Many cousins, aunts, and uncles were there. We enjoyed visiting with those that were in attendance and missed those that did not come.

Here are a few pics from the reunion:

Uncle Milton, Aunt Virgene, Mom, Aunt Camille, Aunt Lois, Uncle Bob, Aunt Marilyn, and Uncle Ross:

Lilli at the reunion:

Angie playing in the sand at Garden City Park:

After the reunion, we went to the cabin we rented at Harbor Village. It was a spectacular place. Here is the view from inside the cabin:

That evening, the hot tub was used and many conversations were done. Some headed to Bear Lake for a short while. That night, Mom won Gambles Reunion Survivor, beating out Nathan.

On Saturday, Shauna, Scott, Mom, Deb, and I drove to Swan Lake to attend the funeral of Fay Merrill. It was a wonderful service. While we were gone, everyone else went to Bear Lake and played. That evening, we played games until the wee hours of the morning.

Sunday morning we checked out of our cabin and then visited with the Kent's/Hess' family. We then returned home to end the fabulous time.

As Sid's family was leaving, Angie got emotional and did not want to leave. She began to cry because she was sad. As a kid, I got emotional and did not want to leave our family reunions. She is like her dad.

Here is a link for the web album on Picasa of all the pictures that I took while at the reunion. Be warned, the pictures are big--especially the panaromic pics.

2008 George Gambles Reunion