Our second night we stayed at a hotel in North Las Vegas. It was super nice, and it helped to break up the long drive a little bit and hang out there. We swam at the pool for a while, and then ate at a yummy buffet (that probably was worth the $15 a plate), and then walked around the hotel and casino.
On our way to Vegas!
So the next morning we got up and finished our trip to Big Bear. It was only about 4 more hours from Vegas. We had a great time eating Sunflower Seeds, and treats that my friends left in our car when they decorated it at our reception. When we were about 5 miles away from Big Bear, we saw a big lake area where a lake should have been...but it was completely dry. Brad started getting really nervous that this dry lake was 'Big Bear Lake' i just started laughing, but he didn't think it was funny. We drove around this dry lake, and then finally rolled into Big Bear City. Brad and been nervous sick about this place for about 15 minutes, until we found something that made him feel a million times better....
Stater Bro's. Brad loves this grocery store, and when he went to California with his family this summer, him and his brothers started calling themselves the 'Stater Bro's'
We then went to our Lodge where we were staying, and we found the real 'Big Bear Lake' that was beautiful, and was full of water! :)
Sunday we made our first meal together. It ended up being kind of interesting, but still yummy :) We had chicken tortilla things, with beans, rice, cheese, salsa, and whatever else we had.
Throughout the rest of the week we did lots of other fun things. We went on a pretty hike up in the mountains and had a picnic. We hiked forever and still never made it to where we wanted to, but we had fun anyways!
Our picnic on a rock. :)
On our hike we found the biggest pinecones! It was crazy!
So everynight on our honeymoon, we played Yahtzee for like an hour! Oh my gosh, this brought me so much frustration. We would play again and again, and i still have not been able to beat Brad once! Every night i would be so mad, because i know i'm good enough to beat him at least once! Here is a picture of us playing...i can't believe i'm actually smiling.
We did a lot of fun things on the lake later that week! We went on a crazy Jet Boat Ride, that i really don't know how to explain except that it was nuts. I had never heard about them, or seen one, so i had no idea what to expect. The boat is super fast, and does 360's, and drifts everywhere! I was kind of nervous about it, but it ended up being way fun!
This purple and green thing behind us is the jet boat!
Brad was on the very end, and i was right next to him. Everytime we would do a 360, we got soaked!
One night we went to the shops and walked around. Of course all of the cowboy stores are Brad's favorite. :)
And of course my favorite store was the one with tons of yummy caramel apples...
So while we were there we got to go para-sailing! This is something i've always wanted to do, and has always looked so fun. But when it came down to it, i was super nervous! But we did it, and it was the funnest thing ever! They let you off from the back of their boat, and they let out about 600 feet of rope, which means we were probably 350 feet in the air! We took our camera up with us, and got some fun pictures!
This is right before we took off on the boat, and were getting all harnessed up. You can tell i looked a little stressed.
Up in the air!
This is how far up we were, you can barely see our boat!
One morning we of course had to do some rollerblading around the lake. It was so refreshing and fun!
On our very last day there, we went to this swim beach that had a bunch of blow up things in the water to play on. It was way fun, but in order to go out and swim on the blow up things, you have a pass a swim test. So in front of the lifeguard, you have to swim 25 meters freestyle, and 25 meters backstroke. Brad of course did it with no problem, but me on the other hand was sweatin bullets about this! I can't swim. So Brad was really nice and practiced with me a little bit, and then after i was embarrassed that little 4 year olds were passing this swim test, i got brave and decided to do it. Luckily i passed! I was so proud. So after we both got our wristbands for passing the test, we headed out to the toys!
Anything that includes toys and water of course puts my husband on cloud 9 :)
Anyways...this sum's up our wonderful week at Big Bear! We absolutely loved our honeymoon, and cherished every second we had together. We got home Friday, and had one short weekend to move into our apartment, open presents, and get situated before school and work started that Monday! Life has been crazy ever since, but has only been getting better and better!
