Life is good: Bear World

This weekend we made the 3 hour trip to Bear World in Idaho. Dave saw it last year on our way home from Yellowstone and has wanted to go ever since. I am glad we waited to go until this summer because Quinn was able to enjoy it more. We drove up on Saturday and went to Mesa Falls. Quick story before we get to the Falls... before we left Quinn pushed Sammy off our bed. If you have ever seen our bed you know how big it is! His claw is almost ripped off and he is still having trouble walking so I need to take him to the vet tomorrow to get it looked at. When we were talking to my mom on the phone today Quinn said "Sammy push off bed." After I got on her about pushing him off the bed and telling her how we should not do that, she said "I want to see bears." She was clearly upset about the whole situation.
Our goal leave time on Saturday was 8 am and we were going to go to a zoo in Idaho before going to see the falls. We ended up leaving at noon and decided to skip the zoo. We are not very good at leaving on time, ever. I heard about Mesa Falls from a coworker and we were glad we checked it out.
Quinn is in a phase right now where she does NOT want any pictures taken, keep that in mind as you see the pictures on this post.

It was really beautiful.

We stayed in Rexburg which is where the campus of BYU Idaho is. Since we were willing to take a King size bed at check in they gave us an upgrade to the King Executive Suite. Yep... we stayed in the nicest room in the entire hotel... of the Springhill Suites... in Rexburg, Idaho (be jealous!). LOL

While out eating dinner a kid came up to us and said he saw Dave's Reds shirt and that he was from Cincinnati. It was fun to talk to him and chat about Graters Ice Cream.

On Sunday we got up early and headed to Bear World. Our goal time to get there was at 9 when they opened and we made it at 9:06!!! YAY

It was so much fun! Quinn loved it. I was the most surprised of how much she loved the little amusement rides they had. (I think she is going to love Disney this fall.) We had to bribe her with candy to get her to leave the rides. She rode each ride several times and just wanted to keep going back for more.

The park was very neat. First, we drove through the park and I couldn't believe how many bears and how close they get to your car. Then we did a tour where we got to ride in a large truck and feed the bears bread. They also have a petting zoo and duck pond where you can feed the animals. The baby bear cubs were so cute and we got to watch them eat. Quinn absolutely LOVED it!! She was so happy the whole day and I love getting to watch her excitement. I am not even kidding that she was asleep less than 2 minutes after we got in the car to leave.

It was a great family weekend and I think we will have to do another trip to Bear World before we leave Utah.