Killin' Time

Well the last time I was here was well over a month ago - so I just found the comments from April!

I am in my hotel room in Boise at the state track meet. We have an hour until we meet for lunch so I thought now is the time for me to get on here and at least let everyone know I am still alive.

There is plenty to update you on still - last summer had a lot more to it than the Alaska Cruise.

I hiked the half dome at Yosemite and went to two sisters' weddings. My pictures of Colorado were mostly lost when my hard drive crashed in September - so I am not sure what I will be able to find when I finally update all of that. This is one I salvaged because I had emailed it to someone. It was taken from Mt. Columbia looking onto Mt. Harvard. With Columbia and Missouri last summer I finished all the Collegiate Peaks. I think I have done 43 total. I will have to re count to be sure. This summer I am thinking I will do Snowmass in the Aspen area and possibly one or two down near Alamosa. . .

And then there was Cancun. . . I have some pictures from the week long trip just before Thanksgiving up to the right - there are some fun things to share about that trip.

I will tell you about Florida - SO FUN. Yvette and Greg took good care of me as always. Easter Sunday and the following Monday was nice and cool. Yvette nearly froze to death. I bought a sweatshirt at the gift shop and she wore it all day Monday. But the following days were WARM! and by WARM I really mean HOT. We went to see a spring training game. That was fun - and the hot dogs were great! Yvette had sunblock so luckily I didn't get burned. I had been skiing the week before in Idaho - so the change in weather was quite drastic for me!

Let's see - I guess my favorite rides were those at Universal Studio, with the exception of Rockin' Roller Coaster at Disney World and Mt. Everest at Animal Kingdom. I also liked the jeep/dinosour ride at Animal Kingdom - kind of an Indiana Jones type thing. It was fun.

We ate at Epcot Center a couple of times and walked around 'the world' a time or two. We caught good firework shows at the end of the night both at Universal Studios and Epcot.

I saw a sunset on the most beautful beach I have ever been on. The sand was like flour it was so soft and fine. Got most of the sunset on film but I got distracted near the end. Josh was playing in the water - trying to stay dry so he was lifting his pant legs up. The funny thing was that he was already wet up to his waste still holding his pant legs up. . . The week went buy way too fast. I am looking forward to seeing Yvette again.

Wish I had time and money for more trips because I sure would like to get around to see all of you. It has been a long while since I saw family and friends in New Mexico and it has been forever since I have seen many of you who are all across the country. . .

This weekend I am going to Arizona for Amber's wedding. She is marrying John in Springerville on Saturday.

I have a trip to Nashville in July for a professional conference. I will be there for a full week so if anyone is close enough to meet me one day/evening I would love to see you. As a faculty we will have a rental car and maybe I could sneak out with it once or twice . . .

I might update this once school is out. . . I need to move out of my apartment byt he end of June. I am going to try and buya house. I also have some trainging to go to for my new job teaching for Idaho Digital Learning (online classes) and I have to take a certification test for American Govenrment on the 14th. School will be out but I wll have plenty to do still. . . What can I say? I am never bored!