A TRIP TO SUNRIVER

We finally made it to Bend after a ten and a half hour trip in the car!

Sense we showed up a day early we wanted to camp out for the night, 

so we headed to sisters where we found and opening for a tent site.

Pretty view from our tent Once we got all set up and ready for the night. we headed to the main st. of Sisters to find a place to eat,  sense we did not bring any food with us for camping. While walking around and exploring all the little shops there we found this cute Mexican Restaurant 

The food was very good.

They even grow their own mint!

After dinner we got some huckleberry ice cream and headed back to camp

to enjoy the river that was by our campsite.

After camping for a night we headed into Bend to go shopping for supplies for the week long vacation in Sunriver. As you can see we know how to shop at Costco.

After shopping we headed to the house that Michaels mom rented in Sunriver and got the place stocked up with all the food we got. Once his family got there the fun began. While we were camping in Sisters Michael and I both happened to get nominated for the Ice Bucket challenge. Michael by his friend Eric Dickson & Me by my cousin Trevor Hyer So our first night in Sunriver with Michaels family, we had them dump ice water on us so we could complete this challenge. here is the video of us   ............  Our next fun adventure in Sunriver was a day at Cultus Lake.

The water was so clear.

You could see everything.

In this picture it actually looks like the wave Runner is on the rocks,
but we were actually about 2 to 3 feet deep right there.

I just love him.

For the rest of the time at the lake we got to enjoy the nice warm water on our feet.

Cultus Lake is such a pretty place.

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Michael and his dad got to head back out onto the lake the next day to go fishing with a guide.

They both caught a lot fish and had a great time out on the lake.

Once they got back form fishing we headed out to dinner ti this cute place by the river.

I had a delicious Blue Cheese Wedge Salad. 

Michael had a seafood pasta dish and at the bottom of we discovered 

2 little octopuses!

Michael and his dad both had one. 

I don't think I could bring my self to eat one of those.

After a wonderful dinner in Bend

We went for a bike ride around sunriver.

Pretty view from the bridge.

We love to ride bikes and Sunriver is the perfect place ride bikes,

there at bike paths all of.

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On Thursday we got to go hike in the Lava tube cave.

Michael and I have been caving before in Rexburg in the Ice Caves,

so we were excited to see what this cave was like. 

It was a really big cave and had very high ceilings for most of the way

It also stays 42 degrees in the cave year round,

so if you ever go be sure to bring jackets and close toed shoes.

here are some pictures we were able to get with the help of flashlights.

Some places in the cave got so small we could touch the top.

We made it to the end.

The last little bit that we could not go through is crawling 

space so they do not want people going back that far.

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On our last day in Sunriver we went for a hike to Benham Falls.

We love to go on hikes.

There is so much to see and so many pretty views to discover. 

I love this guy so much

The tops of the falls are behind us.

The black rocks you see on the other side of the river are lava rocks from the volcano It was so cool to see one side covered in green with trees everywhere  and on the other side black rocks with no trees. 

We had a great last day in Sunriver. .......... Also while in Sunriver we played Scum every night. And on our last night and last round of Scum I finally became King, so next time we all get together to play Scum I get to be King and Michael gets to be Queen.

Sunriver is the perfect place to relax for a week and have some fun with family. We had such a great time Thanks for the fun Vacation Nelson Family!