We don't have any pictures from the Jetty but it was quite the adventure. A terrible one for Jake, haha. He got himself covered in some black sticky substance in the water the smelled like oil, ran into a rattlesnake, and thought we were going to get killed in the middle of the night when someone pulled up to our campsite at midnight.
We didn't even know you could camp at the Jetty until reading about it online. There are two primitive camping sites. One near the dock which I'd highly recommend because its more private. Unfortunately, we didn't stay at that one. The one we stayed at was at the foundation of the old cabin. When we got there, the fire ring was stacked with rocks. It made me wonder if that was someone's way of saying "Don't stay here"...which made perfect sense after we found out it is on top of a rattlesnake den. There was another fire ring nearby in the parking flat so we moved our camp there. It wasn't there last July when we visited so maybe it was created to replace the one at the cabin foundation. If you plan to camp there, pack in your own firewood unless you plan to spend the day searching for it along the hillside and on the beach.
The Jetty is located 16 miles away from the Golden Spike at Rozel Point on the Great Salt Lake. There's no cell service. You most likely will not encounter other campers, which is nice, but when you do, and its midnight, it's super scary!
Princess Kira ontop of a bed of sleeping bags, pillows, and a pool float.
Campsites at Bear Lake vary in price from 10 to 20 dollars. I think I might have seen one for 5. There's no fee campsites located near Paris and Montpelier, but expect a 22+ mile drive away from the lake. The closer to the beach, the more expensive the campsite. Dogs are not allowed near the beach on state campgrounds so we stayed at a private one. The one we stayed at and the only one I'm aware that is actually on the beach is located on the hotsprings grounds near St. Charles on the northeast section of the lake. If you're going to visit, reserve campsite 25. It is a group site but they'll allow you to stay if you're not in a group as long as they have vacancies or are not expecting a lot of people, like, on a weekend or a holiday. It is one of the only campsites where you have immediate access to the beach. No one really came near the part of the beach immediately behind our tent which was super nice and it was kind of like it was our own private little section of it. The fee for the hotsprings was only 5 bucks a person, but since we were staying on the campgrounds, it was half off. The people were super friendly too. Probably some of the nicest people I've encountered whilei traveling. 
We went to this place that's famous for their raspberry shakes, or at least, it says so on their roof, hahaha. This is a raspberry fizz. We stopped by on our way out. From there, we drove through Logan to get to Castle Rocks and City of Rocks to do some free-climbing. We were going to spend the night but we've both been sick for the last couple of weeks and the air in central Idaho was so dry in contrast to where we were that it made us feel worse. We drove home that night.
City of Rocks campground
View from the campground
View from ontop of the boulder next to the campsite.
View from the boulder of the campsite (21). This campsite was located with two others and it trails leading down into this area. I'm not sure how the other campsites looked or if they were next to trails or had gigantic boulders to climb on site but we really liked this site. 
View from the ground to the top of the boulder.
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