what i did to the recruits today

today i had the new recruits for PT again. i decided to take them to my favorite running spot here in Logan"The River Trail". So i had them wear their turnout coats and SCBA packs and also tie a bowline around their waste and a clove hitch (two basic firefighter knots) around the rope of the guy in front of them. They were organized into 3 company's of 3 and thats how they had to stay. we went 1.5 miles up the trail the n took off the packs. they then did a few hill repeats, then 1.5 back down the trail with packs and tied together again. It was fun for me(i was in a t shirt he he). we did get a few cat calls from girls climbing across the street as well.

thats right tie yourself to each other

running as a company

repeat climbs up the switchbacks. i was nice and let em take off the packs.

Been a while

so ive been lazy lately and unmotivated to blog. so heres a quick update. Im still living in my sis's house in Logan till it sells. I love all the space and having a garage for the car and moto but living in a shell of what was her house is still weird. its too quiet too. usually when i came to visit the kids never gave me a moments peace. i also am working as a fire instructor here and i love it. i get to plan some of the PT some days and i love coming up with crazy exercises and obstacle courses for them to do. helping teach the skills is great as well cause i learn so much by teaching.

im getting back on track with my fitness after losing everything i worked so hard for this spring and summer. Injury, vacation and pure lack of desire had me feeling pretty crappy but im rebounding so thats good. Oct 23rd in doing a 25k trail run in Goblin Valley so im looking forward to that. its starting to cool off after very warm fall here in utah and so in the not too distant future ill be able to break out the xc skis and snowshoes.

other than that ive been experimenting with my baking trying new things like baking bread with spelt instead of wheat. its going ok. a lot of ingredients have gone strait to the garbage but well figure it out.

the recruits 3 new best friends(one i resurrected from the Thunder Dome days)

a few attempts into spelt bread. tasted ok not great. a lot more dense than normal bread.

Colombia part 2

A few more pic from the nature preserve

9 1/2 years later

Aug 19th i returned to Colombia where i served my mission after being home 9 1/2 years. Right when i got off the plane i knew my spanish was all but gone. I could speak for the most part but not hearing it for so much time i didnt understand a lot and they had to speak slowly to me. So this trip was not at all about being a tourist. It was about getting in touch with the people i taught and knew during my time as a missionary. And thats exactly what i did. I was so stoked to have found so many people i had lost contact with. It was a great trip and by the end my spanish was a lot better but still frustrating that i could speak it so well and lost so much.

nature preserve

Bishop Barona who i lived underneath while on the mish

First family i taught and baptized

Gotta visit the Fire Station

Chief and everyone came out and wanted to give me their two cents

This should be in a museum but its a reserve

Idaho Moto Trip

My buddy Eric and i started taking motorcycle trips this year the first one being a trip to Oregon. This time we planned a few days going through Central Idaho going both on and off road. We got off to a very late start since i had to work the night before and had a busy night so i took a nap before heading to Boise. So the first day we road from Boise to Mcall and ate dinner and stayed in a friends cabin that was great, especially since it rained pretty hard that night. We had an awesome breakfast which took forever as well and made us behind schedule again but it was good.

We then headed off for Grangeville via dirt roads and it was the most challenging riding ive ever done. More than one time i thought id dump the bike but didnt luckily. It was great to see the back country on a moto. We arrived to Grangeville had dinner and as luck would have it Eric had a friend with a cabin there as well. It was locked but we were able to camp out in a garage behind the cabin where the mice and other critters crawling around all night kept me anxious and dreaming of mountain lions and stupid stuff. kind of funny now.

We set out towards Kooskia and the riding once again was amazing. Since we were so far behind we stayed on paved road to make up some mileage. We took HWY 12 over LOLO pass and at eh beginning the was a sign that said...S TURNS...nest 99 miles...you kidding me? It was great riding, just incredible with the Lochsa River on our right. We pushed all the way through to Stanley Idaho and camped near Stanley Lake. We ate at a restaurant on the Salmon River and it was great. 30 minutes after going to bed it began to rain. This time camping in tents the rain was very much unwelcome. We woke up to everything wet but clearing up. As we went to take off Erics bike battery was dead and we were unable to keep it running after jumping the battery.

So day 4 ended up being a day stranded in Stanley a Eric raced around on my bike looking for a new battery. We set off at 7am originally and after having had Erics wife bring a battery from Boise we got out of there around 430pm. I called work and took an extra day off of vacation cause of our delay and so glad i did. We got back to Boise pretty exhausted and stayed the night with Eric. Then the next morning cruised to Logan. Next time im trailering the bike to Boise no matter how much more expensive it is. That ride is awful.

Burgdorf Idaho, a ghost town and hot spring

in between Stanley and Boise somewhere.

The KTMs mishap. Dead battery.

camping near Stanley Lake

When we were kids we couldnt pronounce my sisters name(Lauree) so we called her LoLo. Kind of funny.

Sorry for slackin...quick review

Ok so sorry for going months without a post but here we go wit hopefully a bombardment of posts over the next few days. Since the last post a lot has happened. Ive had a great and busy summer with a few rafting trips, i did the Ragnar Wasatch Back Relay, moved back to Logan, and am still trying to train for a The Bear Lake Half Ironman.

Im living in my sisters house in Logan which is also FOR SALE so im kind of on the bubble as for the future. They left for Buffalo NY for Corys internship and im all alone in a big house with two hermit crabs for roommates. They dont say much but at least they are clean. Its really kind of weird living in the shell of a house ive known so well and how quiet it is. usually Wren and Dylans pester the bajeezes out of me the whole time im here. have to say i miss it.

i started my part time job as a fire instructor in Logan at BATC and so far so good. It'll keep me busy till January and i hope i learn as much as im able to teach.

heres a few pics of things this summer

Ragnar first leg

The Surveillance Does at the finish

This little guy stopped me in my tracks as did many a brothers this summer

Visiting the monks in Huntsville Utah during a bike ride of the Ogden Valley

Packed and ready for the family vacation to the snake river

Cant see it real good but this guy made me made chocolate pudding one night in SLC as the car pulled up next to me at a semaphore.

18th ward river trip. Lunch counter was ridiculous.

Just got home from another motorcycle trip so more to come soon,

Moto Trip Part 3 and Final

Cafe Detroit Lake

Detroit Lake

Space and Aviation Museum

Space and Aviation Museum

So after another great day of riding we got back to Portland where Dusty took care of us once again. I was craving ice cream for some crazy reason so we took off to find a parlor. Nothing doing. After searching way too long we resorted to the grocery store and bought some Tillamook Ice cream. Still good though. I had no energy to go out and neither did Eric so Dusty went out and we just crashed. We had a long haul ahead of us...

We woke up early and headed to Mcminnville where there was an awesome Space and Aviation Museum. At first i didn't really want to make the slight detour but im glad we went. It was really cool. After that we just plugged away at the miles cruising past some scenic farmland and then into another amazing canyon with fun turns. We stopped in the town of Detroit Lake and stumbled onto a Fishing tournament Festival. The town was cool, like 300 full time inhabitants. There were cool little cafes and just a nice little resort town. We did see a bit of rain coming through the canyon too. Not much but enough to get wet then dry off with the wind. Of course Eric had rain gear but i just kept going so he never stopped...sorry man.

Beside missing a turn in Bend the rest of the trip was pretty uneventful...oh wait what am i saying?...there was a crazy transvestite. Ill give credit where credit is due and make a solo post for him...uh...her...uh whatever it was.

We got to Boise not too long after dark and Eric's wife Nichole had enchiladas waiting for us...WOW...thanks so much for feeding me Nichole.