Advertisements The Christmas holidays were here, and I’m back in Utah for the season, surrounded by family. Between family gatherings, dinners, parties and all of the general chaos that comes with this time of year, I decide to try and find something I can take all of my nieces and nephews to. I want toContinue reading “Dreamwalk Park”
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Another Fruity Family Gathering
Advertisements Another quick trip to Utah this summer to see the family. We gather up at the Fruitland cabin, another little oasis of peace for me in this world. Seeing my nieces grow and blossom with their funny personalities, as well as the rest of us getting older, but not really any wiser. Time spentContinue reading “Another Fruity Family Gathering”
Xmas 2021
Advertisements I’ve been writing about our family Christmas get togethers on here since 2008. To think that someone one day will go back and look at our family history is doubtful, but I carry on nonetheless. The traditions we have kept over the years, the growing children as our family expands and changes. Loss andContinue reading “Xmas 2021”
Family Reunion 2021, back to Fruity
Advertisements I would assume that my family still gets together most Sunday afternoons for dinner, so when I say that it’s time for our family reunion, what I really mean to say is that I’ll be a part of the gathering. I have time to fly up to Utah for a weekend in July, taxiContinue reading “Family Reunion 2021, back to Fruity”
Christmas 2020
Advertisements The weeks flew by since Thanksgiving, and just like that I find myself on the road back to Utah on Christmas Eve. It’s 5:30 a.m. and the sun is rising over the desert as I get out of town and start the long journey back for the Holidays. The calendar has aligned itself toContinue reading “Christmas 2020”
It was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away
Advertisements I was seven, maybe eight years old when I saw Star Wars for the first time. It was 1977, or perhaps early 1978, and the movie was still in its first run in theaters across the country. Our Dad took my younger brother and I, and I can vividly recall the smell of theContinue reading “It was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away”
A & K tie the knot
Advertisements My brother finally found someone that truly makes him happy, and got married on August 23rd. I wasnt able to attend the wedding, but luckily they had the wedding reception last weekend, so I had a quick trip home to Utah to meet my new Sister-in-Law for the first time, and see the restContinue reading “A & K tie the knot”
What do you want for Christmas?
Advertisements It was on Saturday of the long Thanksgiving weekend and we decided to go ice skating at the local Recreation Center. I’d just fallen down and was pretty sure I’d broken something, but at the time I was just resting in the bleachers with three of my nieces. I turned on my phone toContinue reading “What do you want for Christmas?”
Glacier’s Trail of the Ancients
Advertisements It’s our last evening in Glacier National Park. The wildfire smoke is being blown out by a late summer storm. Rain patters the car as we find the trail of the ancients…. I carry my bear spray on my hip pocket like an old gunslinger as we make our way along the old growthContinue reading “Glacier’s Trail of the Ancients”
Hidden Lake
Advertisements The smoke from the surrounding wildfires has half of the park in an eerie haze, the other half is full of blue skies. We wake up early and drive the Going-to-the-Sun road, making our way to the top of the National Park for our first hike. We decide to try the Hidden lake trail.Continue reading “Hidden Lake”