Pineview Reservoir

We finally made it to Pineview Reservoir this summer! Thanks to Annette for planning it for the middle of the first week of school, we basically had the place to ourselves! It was so beautiful, peaceful, quiet, etc.

Emma & Isaiah--the best buddies! They swam back and forth to the floating island many times(by the way, this would be AWESOME to have at Hebgen--it's so relaxing to sit on and visit--they anchor it down so it doesn't go anywhere).

 

Gehrig & Damian--also best buddies! They were just chatting away with each other when I took the first picture. They had to pose crazy for the next one!

 

Some of the friends that came with us (Busch & Annette and their 3 kids, Sabrina and her son, Diann and 3 of her girls). We left at 9 AM sharp (arrived at 10) and didn't leave until 6 PM.

 

The sand is so soft, the water MUCH warmer than Hebgen. Don't get me wrong, I love our "beach days" in the ice-cold Hebgen water, but the warmer water is much more tempting to swim in! And the soft sand is so fun to walk around in!

 

The boys found a fun rope swing and spent a lot of time swinging from that. The water was so low, they couldn't swing into the water, but they had fun swinging anyway.

Pineview Reservoir (Ogden Area)

I'm so grateful that I didn't let the gas prices (it was a 2 hour round trip) and the $10 entrance fee to Pineview Reservoir stop me from joining my friends today! What a blast! It was worth all the effort and cost to go. . .can't you tell?

I'm not sure the temperature of the water could have been better. It was just cool enough to be refreshing, but warm enough to play in all day long if you wanted to (which my kids did--I actually had to drag them out kicking and screaming 5 hours later!).

It was so nice to have so many great young ladies around to help out with the kids. Thank you!

The little ones loved to play in the water (or at least at the water's edge), but when they got out, they were cold. I showed them how to cover each other in warm sand. Emma was a quick study! :)
Gehrig and Damian had a blast in the water (and out). Thanks to all of the friends that were there and especially to those who arranged this fun day; and Mindy and Morgan for traveling with me (I'm sorry I didn't get a picture of them). It's always fun when our friends who have moved come back to visit (like Jody and her family).