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  • Backpacking Zion’s East Rim

    Tara and I went to Kolob Canyons, a lesser known piece of Zion National Park, shortly after we moved to Utah, but we did not make it to Zion proper until this past weekend.  After an excessive amount of rigmarole, we were granted backcountry permits to the East Rim.  It was a quick one-nighter, but…

  • Bouldering

    Tara and I have taken on a new hobby: Rock Climbing.  And thanks to Groupon, we were able to get a month membership at a local climbing gym for pretty cheap.  This particular gym was all bouldering, which basically means short technical climbing. It’s incredible exercise. Figuring out how to make it up the wall…

  • The Death of my Dell

    On Good Friday, my 5 year-old Dell Inspiron laptop died.  It did not rise from the dead on Sunday.  Perhaps it is in paradise.  In any case, I had long since stopped saving things I actually care about to the internal hard drive, but rather to a set of external drives, so I don’t really care. …

  • “Was that girl topless?”

    This past weekend, Tara and I tried out a new style of camping: Yurt camping.  A yurt is a Mongolian style dwelling.  Chances are, you’ve seen one before, you just didn’t realize that it was called a yurt.   There is a fair number of these dwellings throughout Utah backcountry.  We chose the ones at…

  • Poor Flowers

    Today we awoke to find 4 inches of snow in the yard.  I don’t think the bulbs were very happy about it.          

  • Outdoor Post #3: Mt. Newcomb

    This third post comes to us from my little brother, Garin.  This is actually a scholarship essay that he shared with me.  I was so moved by his depiction of possibly one of our biggest family traditions that I immediately asked him if I could post it.  A high school senior with hopes of attending…

  • Top 5 Birthday Posts on My Wall

    Let me preface this by saying that I enjoyed each and every post on my wall in honor of the day of my birth.  These are the posts that were either the most creative, made me laugh the hardest, or both.   5.  Happy Birthday snow demon—Pastor Eric 4.  happy birthday Mormon—Kiranbir 3.  i still…

  • Outdoor Post #2: Geocaching!

    Post #2 in the grand outdoor series comes to us from family friend Kara.  Having just written a novel in a month, she’s right on track to become the next Stephanie Meyer, although probably with less vampire love triangle, and more quality writing.  She also maintains what you might call a “mommy blog”, that definitely…

  • The Respect of a Moose

    I’ve decided with warm weather nearly upon us, now would be a great time to do a series of outdoor-themed posts.  You might be thinking: “But Andrew, aren’t like all of your posts outdoor posts?”.  Yeah, I guess they are, but this time I’ll be featuring guest writers sharing their favorite outdoor experiences.  It’s going…

  • Random Thoughts Regarding Music

    1.  Will.I.Am of the Black-Eyed Peas is credited for being a creative mastermind that dissects hit songs, analyzes them, and then uses elements from each to create his songs.  This is all well and good, but seriously, how much “mastermind” does it take to know that a song targeted at a young adult audience will…

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