Last year the Hightowers began planning a bucket list trip of spending a week in Glacier National Park up in Montana... we rented a lake house, bought plane tickets, and started following GNP on Instagram!
When everything shifted, we pulled the plug (no one was comfortable putting the septuagenarians on a plane!) and starting thinking about a safer alternative.
Deciding to "meet in the middle", we traded Montana for Arkansas - a day's drive for everyone - and ended up having a wonderful week on Beaver Lake.
Not only did we find a spectacular house to rent on a moment's notice
(views, hammocks, hot tub, views, lake toys for everyone, a game room, and oh the views!)
but the lake was perfect for all the cousins to paddle and play and swing and jump and swim and laugh.
Beaver Lake is kind of a hidden gem in NW Arkansas - most of the time we felt like we had it all to ourselves! One of the days we rented a pontoon boat to see more of the lake than our mere kayaks could afford us... BEST decision ever!!!
Beaver Lake is kind of a hidden gem in NW Arkansas - most of the time we felt like we had it all to ourselves! One of the days we rented a pontoon boat to see more of the lake than our mere kayaks could afford us... BEST decision ever!!!
Room for everyone to relax and enjoy being on the lake... and power to make some great tubing waves.
So while Glacier will stay on our bucket list for another year, we can say our summer family lake vacation was definitely a success!
So while Glacier will stay on our bucket list for another year, we can say our summer family lake vacation was definitely a success!
