The Laketown Lodge...Consider It For Your Next Event!

"We found a place to have our family reunion!" my mother-in-law excitedly proclaimed back in 2013. "It's a great place in Laketown at Bear Lake called Laketown Lodge." Today our family reunion came to an end and I'd just like to tell you about the place we called home for the past couple of days.

Laketown Lodge is amazing! The building was constructed at the beginning of the twentieth century and spent most of the last one-hundred years as a community store. It's hard to believe the same building is now a destination with enough room and amenities for several families.

Here's some video I shot today before we left. If you're interested in booking the Laketown Lodge, you can access their website: HERE. They're also selling an ownership portion of the building. Oh, how we'd love to take advantage of that. We all had a blast!

The Laketown Lodge--a fantastic place to stay if you're in the area.

Bring On...Raspberry Days!

Chances are wherever you live there's probably a day (or a few days...) set aside to celebrate the town and its people. Today we drove into Garden City, Utah and experienced Raspberry Days! Many of these home-grown town parties highlight a food that's famous to the area. Garden City has some delicious raspberries.

We knew the party was starting this weekend, but we had no idea it would start as early as Thursday. We actually drove into town to get a bite to eat. We ended up having some delicious pizza and enjoyed the local atmosphere. 

As we walked between the booths that showcased clothing, hand-crafted items, cool pens made by Steve, and various food items, I was hoping an author who lives in the county had a booth. I've been looking forward to picking up John Brown's next book, Curse: The Dark God Book Two, but he wasn't there. Next time.

If you find yourself on the banks of Bear Lake (the Utah side...) during the first week of August, see if they're celebrating Raspberry Days. And if you are and if they are, be sure to stop in. It's a great little party.

The "The Legacy Of Laketown" Sign...

I've never stayed in Laketown, Utah--driven through it a couple of times in my life, but never stayed the night. Until now.

As far as a settlement goes, there's not much there. We're staying at an amazing lodge (I'll blog about it at a later date...) and next to the lodge there's a park. And on the east side of the park, just off Round Valley Drive there is a sign, a monument to the community of Laketown, Utah.

I snapped a picture, not knowing if all the little words would be legible. I hoped they would be because there was a lot of information on the sign and I thought it would be interesting. I didn't know until I downloaded it that I was happy to see that both of my hopes were realized. You can read all the little words and (I think, at least...) the information is interesting.

I knew that the area where we're staying was an active location for mountainmen and indian rendezvouses back in the day. The sign points out some of the history of the town as well as the names of notable families that have remained in the valley for decades, even over a century.

But the thing that I enjoyed most about the sign is the population statistics. In the 100 years, from 1896 to 1996, the population of Laketown increased by a grand total of nine people. The western states of the U.S. are (and have been for a while...) the fastest growing region of the country. But in a little town in Rich County, they've grown by less than one person every ten years. That's pretty cool!