This weekend we visited Kanarra Canyon, near Cedar City, Utah. I would never have expected that canyon to be there – or any slot for that matter. It was great though. Relatively untechnical, though absolutely awesome water features. It has waterfalls, sliding rocks, and fairly narrow slots. Absolutely incredible. The hike begins […]
With my little brother as a member of the USA Luge Team, and most of my family having tried it at least once, we decided it was time for us to try out a Learn to Luge class. As I imagined it, I was going to be really brave about the whole thing. I mean […]
Since the only reason Bree and I are here is due to United Airline’s lack of ability to load all of their passengers on the correct airplane, we had to arrive in Florida two days before our cruise departs. That said, we had to kill a little time. To do so we spent the night […]
The day after Christmas, Bree and I joined my family in snowshoeing up Holbrook Canyon. The snow was kind of packed down, but we had a fun afternoon together. I did, however, learn that Joe (my dog) is a total wuss and is afraid of heights. There is a section in which narrow side-less […]
We did a lot today. We woke up and went to see the old North Bridge where the “shot heard around the world” was fired. Note that it is no longer the same bridge, which was a little disappointing but whatever. It was also interesting that we were the only tourists under 65, aside […]
Bree and I are spending Fall Break leaf peeping in Boston this week. We came with the intention of spending most of our time on bicycles. In the name of cost-effectiveness, our bikes are… well… awesome? Anyway, here are a few pictures of the trip so far. Almost all of these were taken from the […]
This year was my first year riding Lotoja. Surrounding this race is so much hype and so much excitement – it actually becomes somewhat intimidating. Well after all was said and done this year, I can truly understand how big a deal people make it. By the end of the day I was so fried […]
Living within an hour of the Utah Olympic Park, we have access to all sorts of community “lessons” in various winter sports. Ski jumping is the first in what will hopefully be a long series of pathetic attempts at random winter sports. The course started with basic jumps into a pool – without skis. Being […]
This weekend we took a little trip to Alpine in order to find out about the sliding rock. It is apparently a really slick rock that a spring-fed river flows over. Naturally, it makes a good water slide. It is a little bit of a hike on a dusty road to get there, but it […]
The seconds are ticking until LotoJa. Scary stuff. As one of the few training rides we have left, though, we rode the Cache Valley Century up in the Logan area this weekend. Bree, Kirk, and I headed up Friday night after work and spent the night at Kirk’s sister Susan’s house. She was so hospitable […]
School starts again tomorrow. Crap. Not excited. I’m going to have 19 credits with such thrilling classes as Discrete Structures, Parallel Programming, Computer Systems, Scientific Visualization, Computer Design and my glorious thesis. On top of that I’ll be trying to fit in 20 hours of work per week. What am I doing to myself? Anyway, […]
This week, we took off for a quick camping trip with some friends. But first, a mountain bike ride up to Secret Lake. It was so beautiful… This would be the part I walked my bike down… And on the way down, two big moose! Then we headed over to camp. It was so […]