Michigan Who?

So all I have to say is Go Mountaineers!













Any team that can put Michigan 0-1 out of the gate this season deserves a post from me. And Casey I hope you leave a comment here, because I am curious as to what you have to say for your little Wolverines....Bring it on Michigan!

Whitewater Kayaking

So we were in Western PA whitewater rafting, kayaking, and camping this last weekend. And I had the good fortune of having my first run of Cucumber Falls, a class III-IV rapid on the lower Yough in a kayak captured on film by a professional photographer. So I wanted to narrate the pictures below.

This is me looking very hardcore entering the rapid.

Here I blast through the first hole of the rapid.

Here I am coming out of the waves at the bottom of the rapid, looking slightly off balance.

Guess I was a little more off balance than I thought, no worries my roll is pretty good.

Maybe a little too good, I rolled myself right back over.

That's alright I rolled right back up.

And finally here I am having a little fun in the waves attempting to surf.

Overall, the trip was fantastic. I was pretty happy that my 2nd ever whitewater kayak run was on a river like the lower Yough, which is a class III-IV river.

Movie From Kruger Park , South africa

So not sure if anyone else caught the show i-caught on ABC tonight. The premise is essentially a rehash of popular video clips from youtube. But instead of just replaying them, they interview the people that shot them and tell the stories behind the video, if you will. Anyway the first one on the show was this movie from Kruger National Park where Amy and I are going in October.

So that along with Lew's insight to Air Jaws, it seems that the wildlife on on this trip could really kick ass, or at least bite it off!

South African Trip

So in case anyone is wondering why Amy and I are not traveling too much this summer it is b/c we are saving up time and money for our big South African trip in October. For two weeks we will be out on safari's, tasting wines and hanging out on the Cape Town beaches. The one piece of equipment we do need to get before going is an excellent camera with good zoom. I have visions on putting together slide shows for the plasma at home that will look like planet earth images, I am talking HD quality. Does anyone know if that is possible for a camera that is less than $500-1,000?

I want a picture like the one below while sitting safely in a truck 100' away.

Windy ride to work

I took this on the way to work the other day and while I am sitting on the runway here in Tampa waiting for the 2 hour ground stop to be lifted in Philadelphia I thought I would take the time to post it. It probably was not the smoothest ride to work for these guys but I am guessing they did not have many other options.

Boxing in old city

Not something you see every night, but there was a truck with live boxers and even a ring girl driving in old city (Lew you missed out man). I can not remember what the fight was that they were promoting b/c I was to busy trying to get a picture standing in the middle of 4th street.

Fireworks & the 4th

So the rain yesterday in Philly deyaled the fireworks. They had announced they were cancelled, but amazingly as soon as I was in bed they decided to shoot them off anyway. And being d blocks away I could hear them, but not see them. I hope the weather and fireworks were better where you were. The best part about this holiday is the day off in the middle of the week. You have to love that it is already Thursday.

Great Day for Baseball

Looks like the Phillies are going to pull out one game in the series with the Mets. And at sunny and 78 degrees it was a great day at the park. The chickie and pete's fries were good as always.

Snow in may!

Getting ready to hike the east wall at a-basin. Pretty amazing skiing for this late in the spring. I will save the snowboard for tomorrow.

LA bumper sticker

I knew that California had some odd polictical views but the best bummper sticker ever was spotted outside an In-&-Out near LAX, Chuck Norris in 2008. Now that would result in a serious change in Iraq policy...

Travel Week home strech

So the crazy wee of travel is winding down. I am currently in a cab on the way to my second NYC airport in as many days, LaGuardia. Also knock on wood there is no snow here yet so I may even get out ontime. Looking forward to a serious nap in the next 2 days. One more sales call to go tomorrow.

Worst cabbie ever

So this guy took 45 mins to get me to the airport. His only redeming quality was the music choices, including Kelly Clarkson since you've been gone, that was for you Andy.

Coolest Ski Area - Ever

So my next trip to Colorado may have to include a trip to Silverton Mountain. Any place you are required to have an avalanche beacon is a good place. Check out the story in the NY Times.

Best PA Vanity Plate Ever

Check out the license plate I saw on the way to work yesterday, and what made it perfect was that it was on a huge 4x4 truck. The only thing that might have made it funnier would be deer spelled "dear". That would have been pretty humorous.

Doug eat your heart out

Wild card game, let's hope for the best.

WE ARRIVED!

So we made it 3,627 miles safe and sound. Also in a feat of amazing effort (we had been saving it up sitting in the truck for 4 days) we got the trailer unloaded tonight. We are headed up to the ski hill we drove by on the way in today. We will be snowboarding tommorow. Have a great New Years tonight!

Yellowstone

So we are leaving Yellowstone headed for Missoula. The town was very empty, think of the show Northern Exposure. In fact yesterday a deer jumped out of a yard right on the mainstreet and then proceded to walk down the street. Overall Yellowstone was a good time. We got about 4hrs of snowshoing in around the Mammoth Springs area this morning. On the way out of the park we saw this small herd of very large bison. Also we both had a red beer yesterday on the advice of Pearl, Amy's law school freind, it was alright.

I-90 this morning

Here is what the interstate looks likes right now just inside Montana. It may look bad but it is working out ok, traction is good and the wind is not to bad. We are able to maintain 40-50 mph.

Casey's Wall Drug Purchase

So Casey got a cowboy hat. Tell him it looks wonderful, he really likes it.

Breakfast at Emily's Cafe

Name that shadowed man eating at a roadside breakfast joint in South Dakota.