New Blog

I am starting another blog. It's about the Mad River Rocket Sled. To celebrate, here is a picture of Jared wiping out on one.

Yep, that's Jared!

Airboarding in the Air

Well, it's adventure Monday, and I had an adventure recently. Saturday we went sledding on sleds that we rented from the SUU Outdoor Center. The sleds are called Airboards, and they are super fun.

Above is Jared launching off of a jump. I don't know if you can see where he is going to land, but he has a lot to drop before he does. The Airboards provide a surprisingly soft landing.

Oh Laura, It's Adventure Monday, not Little Mermaid Monday.

Jared inspired me

I haven't posted for a while.
Why?
I have three reasons.

1. I didn't have my every-day-a-blog-post goal 
2. things got busy 
3. nothing interesting was going on 

I didn't know if I'd ever return to blogging, but I have.
Why?
I have three reasons.

1. The song, "Spirit In The Sky" by Norman Greenbaum
2. Jared's listing on the Jail Bookings for Iron County Jail. (conveniently on Jared Thursday)
3. Laurel posted three blog posts in one day

There is a fun website where you can see the arrests in the area called Iron County Inmate Bookings. It's nice to know who to look out for. And in a smaller town like this, you might see someone you know. This was the case today when I stumbled upon this!

 So watch out. I guess we should have seen it coming. There were signs. How does he sleep at night? Probably intoxicated.

my sisters are bullies

My good friend, Bret, has made me feel good about myself again. My sisters tell me that my blog posts are, "lame" and that "only poo poo heads would read them." (their words)  Bret tells me that my sisters just don't understand me. Bret makes me feel good, and my sisters make me feel bad. They might say that they were just giving me honest, constructive criticism, but my mother always told me, "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say nothing at all." Here is an embarrassing pictures of my sister. She is probably yelling something mean here.

Is this cyber-bullying? I don't think so. They are the bullies. I am just fighting back. This is cyber fighting.

Yes, they are horrible sisters, but they do write an okay blog. Don't let them trick you, it might look they just write about how their outdoor adventures relate to life lessons, but they are really writing about weed. Look what they hid in their blog title. 2nephi420.blogspot.com/.

420, 4:20 or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) refers to consumption of cannabis and, by extension, a way to identify oneself with cannabis subculture.

Dang hippies.

 

This is Caroline and Miriam being hippies

sleep sledding

Both my sisters say my blog is boring. They say it seems like I am not trying as hard. So after I said some bad things about their blog, I decided I needed to write less posts, but more quality posts. So don't expect one everyday any more. I will still write about my snow adventure today though.

Today, for adventure Monday, we went night sledding. Since we are poor, we didn't have to much to sled on. This is a box with a man with a mullet and a mustache on it. Nice ride, huh?

Laura got sleepy, and went sleep sledding.

my favorite scripture

I was thinking of my favorite scripture today, and it's probably Revelations 9. Specifically these verses.

9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
9:8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

Here is another one of my favorites of Michael warring against Satan. You do see the creature described in Revelations 9 just about Lucifer's wing. The lion rider just below Lucifer is also described in Revelations 9.

Super Day

I woke up at eight and had my day planned out until after midnight. I knew I needed to do my blog, so I took pictures.

This is what we woke up to

We then drove to St. George, and the weather was super for mountain biking

Jared found the biggest loser van and was very excited

We went mountain biking, and had a spiritual experience.

 Then we went to the temple and had a different kind of spiritual experience. It was a really good day, one of the best.

Politics

I have decided to blog about politics today. I don't know much about them, but I'd like to. I mostly know what I've heard in classes from teachers, from my parents, and from the Colbert Report.

I did find this though, and thought it was interesting. It's a graph of every presidents approval rating since 1946. Cool huh? I don't know if it means anything important. I thought that everyone hated George Bush, but it looks like everyone hates everyone.

I think Jared would make a good president. He's really nice. It would be hard for him though, because he's Mormon. Do Mormons run for President? Who knows. Also, I don't know how smart he is. I mean, I know he's smart, but is he President of the United States smart?

Well, he knows how to get the people to love him. This is like when politicians kiss babies.

I think pictures of him smoking pot would come back to haunt him during his campaign.

Jared a Fundamentalist Mormon?!

We all knew Jared was weird, but is he a Fundamentalist Mormon? Or in other words a polygamist? I think so! Here is some evidence.

If that picture isn't proof enough, check this one out.

He is dancing with a polygamist, if I ever saw one.

hardly worth reading

People that hang out with me know that I ramble sometimes. This is one of those times. I won't be upset if you decide not to read this post. (but you better read all the others!)

I am trying to figure out how to make money in my spare time. I've heard of people doing eBay businesses, that's probably a good route. I've also heard of people making money blogging. I blog already, can I make money doing this? Google has something called AdSense, which will put advertisements on my blog, and I'll get paid a bit for that. For some reason, I feel like Google would be the one getting most the money from those advertisements. I might have to wait until I start writing something worth reading before I take this route.

I learned this morning that to sell a product, you need to fill a specific need. 

Of course on my mission in Indiana I couldn't kayak, it was against the rules. But, if I lived there not as a missionary I would "need" somewhere to kayak.

You can artificially make places to play boat. Here is a list of artificial whitewater parks.

Don't read into that list to much, else you will find that there already is a whitewater park in Indiana. The thing about that park, though, is that there aren't any play waves there.

This is the kind of thing that Indiana needs. It's called the Riverdale Wave.

Can I build these? If more of these were built, then more people would "need" kayaks. If more people had kayaks, there would be more of a need for play waves. It is my dream that every small town in Indiana have a man made play wave in it. If that were the case, more people would care about the rivers, and the environment. It would keep kids from getting in trouble. Plus, as the bible says, kayaking is the way to happiness.  

Alright, I started by talking about how to make money in my spare time to talking about how to make the world happier. How do I do both? I could start with Coal Creek, the little creek that runs through town. The water is low right now, I need to figure out how to dump a bunch of concrete and rocks into a certain part of the creek so when there is more water running through it, there will be a fun play wave. Coal Creek already has a fun feature, but it could be better.

Here is Coal Creeks little waterfall

And here is something to laugh at as a reward for reading my ramblings. This is me getting hammered by that waterfall while is holds me there. Look closely to see the rocks coming at me as I get beaten while upside down.

How do God and Rod feel about facial hair?

I was talked into growing out my facial hair for "no shave November." I used to have the impression that people with facial hair were judged a bit. My mom told me to shave or else no one would hire me, my teachers would give me bad grades, and Satan would be able to lead me around by me beard. "...and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell, by the beard" (2 Nephi 28:21)

Face hair is becoming more accepted now  (Leviticus 21:5) especially the mustache.

Look how good he looks. This image is of Rod, from Hot Rod. I love that movie. It teaches us so much. For me it teaches what it means to be a man, including how important it is to have facial hair.

at THAB, every day is adventure monday

Today was cold, but to warm to wear a coat. I have a Jacket that I really like, but I'm always a bit hesitant to wear it. The reason is that it's a Teton High Adventure Base jacket, with the Boy Scout symbol on it. Now, I think the scouting program is great, but people that are are big in it are usually stereotyped as nerds, especially at my age.

The Teton High Adventure Base is awesome though. We have more close calls than any other guiding company up there. Every day was a crazy adventure.

And that was work! Those scouts would wipe out so hard and so much. Definitely not sissies. I rememeber taking groups through king rapid (the first to pictures) and every boat would slam into the waves and wipe out. Sigh, those were the days.

Yeah, ok, I'm big into it. I guess I'm a bit of a nerd.

Gentleman Brigham

 I was thinking about how hard it was for the pioneers that Brigham Young led across the nation to Utah. I thought that in the modern day, that it would be easy. You can drive that distance in a day. It will be even easier in the future. We would just be able to ride on flying rocket stags.   

free sledding for free

Today I was linked-in with Whitney Philips, who is the President at Mad River Rocket Co. Inc. Mad River Rocket makes sleds. Years ago I was contacted by Whitney and he told me that he would give me free sleds if I were to continue to make sledding videos. He did, and it's been great. These aren't your normal sleds, these are more of a free style sled. Here is one of the montages we did for him.

I love sledding, I started from when I was small.

We would go in my back yard. There is a lot of the montage above that was even shot in my back yard.










In the winter of 2008/09, the enemy of sledding, snowmen, invaded my back yard, so I went all Jason Bourne on them. 

The end of the Kayaking season starts the mountain biking season, which will hold me over until the sledding season.

Costumes

Today is the day of the Halloween dances. I'd like to be Antoine Dodson.

Haha, this guy. Now, people might be tired of him, but I was on my mission when he was popular, and Jared and I have just discovered him recently.

I think Jared is actually going to be him, I just wanted to have an excuse for saying to people, "You are so dumb, you are really dumb, for real."

I don't have costume stuff, and I don't have money to buy costume stuff. I do have markers, and shirts I don't care about.

I think I will just color my face orange with marker and be a jack-o-lantern, or oompa loompa or something.

I was told that I don't need a costume, my face was scary enough. Those things don't make people feel good.

I think I'll just hang around Jared as Antoine Dodson, carry a window around, climb through it, and snatch people up.

not what he seems

Ah yeah, Jared Thursday.

Everyone knows I think Jared is great, but he's not as good as you think. Every one thinks he's so nice, that he never does anything wrong. That is just not true. Look at this picture of him flipping me the bird.

I had to censor it. He does not like to be woken up.

Another good Wednesday

I don't feel like ranting today either. Wednesday might be changed to feel good day.
I am figuring out my schedule for Spring semester. I am a finance major. When people ask me what I am going to do with that, I tell them that I will be a "wealthy business man." I haven't had any specifics for them, as of yet. So here are some options I have thought of.

• wealthy CFO
• filthy rich CEO
• wealthy kayak shop owner
• very well off river sport inovator
• loaded investor

I think it would be fun to be all of those. 

Yes, with cash flowing from the kayaks. Every Wednesday would be a good Wednesday. I know, I know, Money doesn't buy happiness. You have to buy the things that make you happy first. I plan on buying more kayaks, and judging from that picture, food.

You may notice that I have gotten fat in the future. What of it?! I'm rollin' in it!

Read this, or don't

Tuesday used to be music day, but I don't think I'll stick with that one. I think I'll change it to Movies, TV, and Music day. Don't get mad.

Maybe The Simpsons isn't the funniest show, but it's the one that I've seen the most.

Thinking about doing stuff

The spring before I left on my mission, I ran my favorite run of my life. Timpoweap Canyon. It's was a series of small cascading waterfalls. Here are some pictures.

This is what I'm looking forward to for the spring. For now I will put my Kayak in the tub and sit in it while I watch kayaking videos. During the helmet camera scenes of the videos, I will move my kayak paddle in a paddling motion. It will be my simulation.

Joseph Smith is the Man!

I think Joseph Smith is so cool. He would have kayaked if kayaks were around then.

I think I could relate with this man a bit more.

"I am not learned, but I have as good kayaking skills as any man."

"I told the brethren that Mormon Creek was the most gnarly of any creek on earth, and a man would get nearer to God by running it, than by any other creek."

"Never be discouraged. If I were stuck in the biggest holes of the Colorado River, with the Strainers of the Trees of the Redwood National Park piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top."

   

Summer lovin

I started this blog a week ago. Sweet, a full week. I'm no quitter. It's also blog about what I want Saturday day.

I try to talk with people about things that interest those who are present, but when I'm tired, I will usually talk about the things that I like, whether or not they bore other people. Last night I was up late, and I was tired. I ended up talking about my mission and about the summers on the river. I think that means those are the things I like most. I am grateful for friends that will listen to me ramble.

I always knew I loved those things. Now, to refrain from rambling about the good days of the summer, I will post pictures of the good days of the summer. This isn't current, but it's fun for me.

These first ones are of a rope swing that Devon made. From top to bottom: me, Ben, Stan.

I really wish I would have taken more pictures this last summer. Oh how I long for those days. I was on the river six days out of seven for hours. The hours I wasn't on the river were super pleasant too. I try to substitute the high I felt with basket ball, mountain biking, and in the winter, sledding, but it's not the same. There is something magical about a river. Ope, here I go, rambling again. 

I know I may not look happy, but that's the happiest I've been.

 There we go, I look happier there. Man, what a good group.

It's a pun.

Do you like funny jokes? Here are a couple of my favorite.

Why don't you take a shower while Pokemon are around?

Because they might pikachu.

What did one fetus say to the other fetus?

Move over, I am running out of womb.

Sorry about those. Not everyone thinks the same things are funny. Like, I think it's way funny when I pour water on Jared's lap to make it look like he had an accident, but he doesn't think it's funny. 

There is another Joke that I play on Jared. I take his phone and change my name to a girls name in his phone and I send him texts. It's not to original, especially because I've done the same thing more than once to him. I think he might be tired of the phone joke, and he's tired of me pouring water on him, so I might pour water on his phone. A kind of hybrid practical joke.

I guess people don't like to be the target of the laughter. I sometimes feel bad laughing at others expense, so here I will be the one receiving the pain. This one is called Evil Canoeville. The title is a pun.  

There we go. Now we can go back to laughing at other people.

Jared is Great

Thursday is blog about Jared day!

That's Jared, my roommate. He is eating fudge for breakfast. What's wrong Jared? Crazy night? Haha, what a guy.

Jared is great, some people think we are more than friends though.

We're not.

I can see where the confusion comes from. We cook together, walk together, live in the same room, and occasionally snuggle.

Alright, we don't snuggle.

Here is a list of  things that are good about Jared

• He does his own thing. He doesn't care what the social norm is. If he thinks it's stupid, he doesn't participate.
• He's a funny guy. 
• He helps me be a better me. 
• He tries new things, even if it might not work out. 
• He puts up with me. 

We have quite a bit in common. I could see us being confused as brothers, and I hope others see it to.

If everyone were a bit more like Jared, I would like more people.

 

I feel to good to rant, dang it!

Ask me if I have been watching kayaking videos for the last hour. I have.
http://vimeo.com/30771850
Ask me if I was getting paid to watch kayaking videos for the last hour. I was.

Wednesday is my rant day. People like to rant about work, but how can I rant about work when it's so good? Sometimes people rant about their roommates. My roommate is Jared. He's perfect, like Job. Sometimes people rant about school, I like school.

I feel good. I don't think I'll rant today. I don't feel like ranting. What the heck, huh? Why me? Why do I have this problem?! This problem of nothing to rant about. When I want to be upset about something, I aren't! I need bad things to happen to me so I can rant. It's not like I don't have a build up of bad karma. Now all the bad things that are going to happen to me are going to happen at the same time. Thanks a lot universe!

And another thing!

People are always ranting on the internet. Why should I join with them? It's always, "the government this" or "your opinion that." It's sickening! Things are fine! Quit complaining. I am so sick of people always complaining.

Dogs have it easy.

Hidden JEMS

Oh man, I am pooped. Jared and I have been mountain biking ALL DAY in St. George.

We started out on a super fun trail called the green valley trail. It was just the right amount of extreme, where I almost died, but didn't. We tried to loop around back to his car, but got lost on the way. We did find it after a long time of biking around, but by that time we were pretty tired. His super nice sister fed us, and then we went on another remote trail called the JEM trail by Zions National Park. It was nice, but equally as lengthy. 

I'm showered and fed now and feel awesome. I am experiencing the type of high runners experience. 

This is the kind of day that makes by feel like listening to "No Quarter" by Led Zeppelin. This song is a hidden JEM of Led Zeppelin. Not everyone likes this song, but it's my favorite by these guys. I also think Pink Floyd has awesome songs for when I am in this mood.

I can't believe Jared is doing homework right now. What a nerd. He's got to be as exhausted as I am. That's why I'm friends with him. He has a work ethic that will make him rich. You need to keep those people as your friends.

Here is Jared and I working hard.