Showing posts with label Kayaking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kayaking. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

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.


Wednesday, October 26, 2011

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!

Monday, October 24, 2011

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.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

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."

   

Monday, October 17, 2011

That's how I roll (out of bed)

It's 10:30 am, and I am just waking up. What a lame way to start adventure Monday. I would like to take a bit of this post to explain the title of my blog because it fits with the theme of adventure Monday. 

I like kayaking. When you flip over in a kayak, the move to flip you back up is called a "roll." Make sense?

I teach the kayak clinics here at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. I am also the President of the kayak club. This is our club T-Shirt design.

 

After watching some of the people in the clinics last time, I think a more accurate design would be this one.


Man I love kayaking. Look how much fun this guy is having.

Hopefully Jared gets home soon so that we can go celebrate adventure Monday together. Sometimes he gets sleepy though, and he needs a nap. If he doesn't get his nap, he gets grumpy.