Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Desert Dash Rally


A few Saturdays ago Rory and I went to the Burns car show. It consisted of about ten cars. But it was still fun. The top one was Rory's favorite because it had a face. My favorite was the nice red one. I could handle driving that around town. I don't know what was up with the stuffed horse in front of it....

Our Own Special Scottish Festivus

It's a festivus miracle! On the same day the family went to their Scottish Festival in Jackson (without us) we had a festival of our own! This biker dude showed up in a kilt so of course I had to take a picture! I though about doing a jig.

More Friends!


Here's another update on the crazy wildlife around our house. Yes, that is a huge spider and it lives on our front porch. Needless to say I hate going outside when I think about it. The bottom picture is of our doomed little baby bird. He fell out of his nest and was really sad about it. He cheeped and cheeped and cheeped. I think the snake got him. But maybe his mom did because she was in the tree next to him being very distraught. I like the idea that his mom helped him much better than that icky snake. Maybe the spider got him. It's big enough to.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Kiger Gorge


This week at work we "camped" at Fred Ottley's cabin so we could do some aspen stand work in the Kiger Gorge. This is The Big camping trip we've been hearing about all season. Every day we hiked down this gorge and then hiked around down at the bottom all day and then hiked up it at the end of the day. The pictures don't do it justice. This was a steep canyon! My legs felt like jelly by the time I got down it on the first day. But it was a great trip. The area was gorgeous and we had dark clouds rolling over every morning so it made everything even prettier. And we got to sleep on a bed!
Taking a break after work so we can hike back up the gorge.
Apparently it's tradition for the crew to ride in the back of the truck while we drive to Kiger so Rory, Aleta, and I did. This is us being really happy to be headed back to the cabin we stayed in.

After a long morning of work lunch is heaven. We get to sit in the shade and drink water! Well, and eat. This is our boss Jon. He's a master cat nap taker and hikes like a robot.