It's beginning to look a lot like ....

labor day? It's December 2nd and still no snow to be found, and by the looks of it, it is not going to be here any time soon.



This is what I want to see:

America: Freedom to Fascism

Ok, so I haven't posted in a while, and I have a lot of posts to catch up on, so just sit tight. In the mean time, if you have 2 hours to kill, feel free to watch this documentary by Aaron Russo, called America: Freedom to Fascism. It has a few interesting things to say about the Internal Revenue Service, and in the second half about the Federal Reserve.

Puzzled

If you're bored then give this little page a look: Intelligence Test.
Although I don't think it really reflects anything really related to intelligence, it's cool to try to figure them out.

Beautiful British Columbia.

Lex, Cassidy and I went on a road trip to Whistler, British Columbia, to visit their family during Chase's Camp of Champions.  We stayed for 2 weeks and drove through Vancouver on the way up and on the way back.  The first day that we arrived we were driving through the whistler village and saw a black bear on the side of the road, and I guess that set the stage for the rest of the trip.  We did a lot of things, hiking, mountain biking, and just walking around the surrounding areas.  We visted Chase and the family and watched him ski on the glacier.  Feel free to browse through the picture album.

Super Secret Surprise

For our 6 month mark Lex planned a surprise camping trip for us in Rock Canyon. When we got there, there was already the tent set up with tinfoil dinners, wine, and snacks ready to go. It was a perfect set up. We did a little walking around before it got dark and saw some of the wildlife up there (no bears though). In the morning we went for a bit of a longer hike around the valley.

It was a perfect way to end June. Anyone that lives in Utah and doesn't go outdoors needs to get out and experience a little bit of this, there are so many places, all right around the corner.

Moab

We went to Moab for a few days with Lex's dad Steve's family and friends. We floated the Colorado River one of the days, it was a nice relaxing ride with beautiful scenery.

Buckskin Gulch!

The Buckskin Gulch in southern Utah is one of the main tributaries of the Paria River, which is itself a major tributary of the Colorado River. It is the longest and deepest slot canyon in the southwest United States and may very well be the longest in the world. As such it is one of the premier destinations for slot canyon hikers, and receives a high amount of foot traffic. At over 13 miles (21 km) in length it is often visited in conjunction with the longer Paria Canyon.

It was a good trip, I think a total of 22 miles. We camped one night at the entrance and one night in the gulch near the confluence of the two gulches. We shared them with a few other groups in the two days that we were inside. One of the groups was a rather large boyscout group, who decided to hike to the confluence and back to the starting point in 1 day (26 mile trek). I don't think the leaders were very happy when the scouts decided to jog about halfway through. I felt bad for the more out of shape ones who were about 15 minutes behind the rest struggling to keep up. Our pace was more leisurely since we were camping halfway. Since we were hiking out of Pariah Gulch (instead of Buckskin, the way we came in) we had the problem of getting back to our vehicle. The scout leaders were nice enough to drive Brent's car to the entrance of Pariah on their way out. At the end of the trail we realized Brent's car was still about 2 miles out, near the ranger station, but luckily I was able to hitch a ride with one of the rangers so we didn't have to walk it (good timing). Southern Utah has a lot to offer and I hope to stumble across some more places that I haven't been soon.

Alan Watts on Time

Here's some Alan Watts videos that were sent to me by a friend. These particular videos deal with his attitude towards time and causality. If you don't know who Alan Watts is here's a link for you.

Reflection

Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

- Lao Tzu

Jazz v Rockets - Round 1 Game 3

So Alexis took me to the Jazz game (yeah I know, amazing). It was quite a spectacle actually being at an event like this. The energy was out of control, it was packed. We got to see the polygamist sympathizers in addition to the game, which was interesting. The final score was 94-92 in favor of the Rockets, too bad, but it was still amazing to be there.

NBA playoff predictions

Ok, so I'm a little late in getting around to putting my predictions on paper, but here they are:

Nothing surprising, the west is tough but I have to pull for the Jazz. The Lakers are going to be the toughest opponent, but I'm thinking the Jazz are going to play surprisingly well on the road. In the east I'm hoping for the Cavs to upset the Celtics in round 2, LeBron could pull it off, but I doubt it.




We shall see.

Soliloquy

Soliloquy is an art gallery that I went to featuring my friend Eric Arballo, along with a handful of other artists. The first 4 pieces were done by Eric. The other pieces were from some of the other artists who's names escape my mind, my bad. It's going on for the next month (May 17), go check it out, UVSC (UVU) Library 4th floor.

Don't play unless you want to break your keyboard...

http://www.addictinggames.com/theworldshardestgame.html

See how far you can get before you want to kill yourself.

Coyote Gulch

Here's a little 2 day trip of me, Brent, Scott and Dan in Coyote Gulch. It was beautiful weather, 60 degrees in the day time, and although 35 degrees is a lot colder than it sounds, the nights were great also.

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