Labor Day Weekend

LasStarted out meeting with my best friend from high school, who I haven’t seen in a couple of years now. We got some lunch, talked over old times, new times and the future. As always, great time.

Right after that I headed up to Back of Beyond (the property my brother and I have up by Duchesne). My older brother, his wife, his kids their kids, my younger brother and his kids were up there (some came up soon after). The first night we just hung out and had a great, relaxing time. The second day we worked on the cabin, putting in extra floor joists and insulation inside. The third day we just relaxed again. Overall an excellent weekend.

I have to admit, even after over a decade, it still freaks me out a little bit driving up the desolate dirt road to the cabin. As soon as I get off the highway the windows are rolled up and the doors are locked. I just start imagining “the claw” or some crazed escaped convict looking for his next ride jumping out of the trees as I slow down for a curve. Maybe it’s just creepy not being able to see past the headlights. Whatever, I don’t relax until I pull into the campsite and see the family sitting around the campfire. Here’s the video of me driving up at night. It’s 8 minutes long, and it just might bore you to death, but I’m posting it anyhow.
Just click HERE and it will open it up in something that plays .wmv files.

Silver & Gold

Julia

Why I need to always take my camera with me, even to the Chevron.

I was working at the Chevron last night, which faces right towards Sugarhouse Park.  Somebody was cruising over the neighborhood in one of those little paraglider things – looks like an everglade boat with a parachute over it.  (I thought it might be "Super" Dell Schanze, but then I realized he's spending 10 days in jail for running a cop off the road). I really would have liked to get a picture of it, it was kind of cool circling over the park with it’s big multicolored parachute, but I had left my camera at home.  Well, as I’m sitting there watching it, the moon rises over the Chevron canopy, it gets a couple moon-widths above the canopy and the glider circles over the canopy and heads straight for the moon, passing right in front of it just like ET did, except in broad daylight.

I kicked myself in the butt, that would have made one awesome picture.

IF