Vacation Oregon

Thats me Hangin out at the course in Frisco Colorado. That course is my favorite that I have played in Co. and I have played a bunch there, it is probably in my top 5 if I had to make a list of all the courses I've played.

We went to Miltonfreewater Oregon to start our Vacation nice 10 hour drive after 8 hours worked got there about 4 in the morning or something. Only slept for a few hours we are on vacation after all. Man it was busy up there we had 11 children total wow, and a bunch of adult children :-) the guys played Discgolf and went down the river on these little skiffs Owen made called one sheet skiffs you can see them here http://www3.sympatico.ca/herbert.mcleod/skiff.htm pretty cool little boats I think I am gonna make some myself. The ladies went garage saling, yup thats our girls :)

Sunday after Church we had Howards 80th birthday it was really fun and everyone had a great time.

OHOHOH almost forgot while up there got to try some horse meat, not bad tasted kinda like well ..... horse I guess.

We left there the following tuesday and drove back down a different way cause Owen and John said it took the same ammount of time *note to self, don't listen to Owen and John again* 13 hours after we left we finally got home, yeah that was fater guys, got to bed about 1 am and had to get up at 5 to head to the airport to fly to Denver, yippy.

stay tuned for action from Denver, same time, same place same Bat channel. Also will post some Oregon pics as soon as I can find them.

Again with the Go Green!!!

Ok so don't eat your game console. According to Greenpeace the 3 major game consoles, X-Box 360, PS3 & the Wii have high levels of dangerous materials in their plastics and electronics and are not child safe toys?!?! Hello McFly they aren't toys they are freeeeeeeeekin game consoles. I have yet to see someone chewing on their x-box mmmmmmm mmmmmm that tastes good.

And to think they spent good money on all that testing for something that is absolutely useless, just to make the statement that there are greener ways to manufacture the consoles greener. Don't believe me check out their website http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/game-consoles-no-consolation and read it for yourself.

I really think the money they spent on this research could have been used for better things, oh I don't know like maybe feeding people, low cost housing etc. You get the idea.

Remember don't chew on your console and you should be fine.

ohohoh what about my computer, I wonder if I can eat that? Maybe those hippies could tell me.

Chappi Mountian

Clowning around on trail 15

Shasta Dam from trail 15

I only walked about 25' down the trail for this pic. Trail 15 was steep steep steep and we were going down it. YEEE HAW

Found this waterfall on trail 1

The veiw of Lake Shasta from trail 1

Chappi was a fun place to ride we spent a little over 4 hours riding and covered a lot of ground. Some of the trails were very easy and some like trail 15 were challenging. There wer a couple of place on trail 15 that were like UHOH this is gonna be interesting like this spot

I know it doesn't look that steep but be sitting on a 400 pound quad facing down it and its steep couldn't get a pic of the steepest part cause quite frankly we couldn't stop on the hill it was so stinkin steep that all you could do was hang on and try to stay out of the rut. I think my back brake earned its keep on that trail.

anybody seen my skin?????

Ok so that is what happens when you come screaming around a corner on an old logging road on you quad and find yourself staring at a ford excursion in the middle of the stinking road. Long story short went to Stonyford to ride with a friend of mine and had not one but 2 wrecks that day. The pics are the result of the second one, had to put the quad in the ditch and in the process slid along the nice shale mountainside. After I get out of the ditch the genius in the excursion says "maybe I should be over to the right" UHHHHHHHHHH you think so junior but the good news is the quad is ok :-)

I am going out again on the 17th we are going to chappi mountain up by Lake Shasta, from the pics I've seen it should be really pretty up there this time of year. Here are some more pics from stonyford we went from down in the valley 80 degree temp to top of the mountain and snow.

as you can see it was quite a contrast, had a blast and only got hurt just a little.

ummmmmm..

Didn't know what title today so ummmmm is it :-) Been a really busy week at work but I think I am finally getting my unit cleaned up. The construction on my nurses station is done and man does granite counters look good on me. lol I feel like I am working in a bank now but I can't get anyone to give me thier money, I wonder how the banks do it.

Went DiscGolfing the otherday and birdied the first hole and the 3rd hole missed 7 other birdies I can't belive how good my drive is I really need to get out and practice putting cause if I get my putt back watch out. Oh the 7 I missed I only hit the basket low so accuaracy is there just need the height.

Went over my calory intake on thursday and started to get stressed about it but then realized I have been doing this for almost 3 months now and that is the first time I went over, so I just drank more water and got on with life. I am down 25.5lbs now in comparison that is the weight of an average 2 year old.

rant
I was thinking the otherday about all this going green crap, I am really sick and tired of everybody jumping on the band wagon just because they think it will make them look good, sell thier product, get them elected or whatever. I think Al Gore should be flogged he is an idiot, besides I think its way to cold outside and we need global warming I like to wear my shorts, we need to drill offshore and more up in alaska, either that or the people who are opposed to these things need to take thier cues and go live like the Omish so there is more for the rest of us who like our luxeries.
/rant

oops my unpc side came out

have a great day

Halfway there

I weighed in on Monday and I am down to 222.7lbs exactly 24lbs lost since I joined Spark People on Jan 11th. I have started using my bowflex again and can deffinately feel the difference.

I noticed the other day when I was walking down the hall at work that I was carrying myself more upright, I think that is a direct result of my weight loss, I am not trying to hide my big ole belly anymore.

Made it over some big humps lately, mainly easter and the day after candy sales. I would usually go to walmart and buy about 10 bags of jellybeans after easter, this year none. I still have 3 boxes of peanut butter GS cookies, I bought 4, these would have been gone the first week before, it took me 3 weeks to eat the first box. Victories is the name of the game and I think I am winning.

On the other hand man do I need a vacation, there are days at work that I just want to get away. Kinda like a southwest commercial, but then I remember that there are people there who need me. We are taking a 4 day weekend over memorial day and going up to camp at lassen so do have something to look forward to.

Just a random thought: If you are driving your car at the seed of light and turn on the headlights what happens?

Easter, it's not just for bunnies

How did Easter become a Bunny who hides eggs???? I could see the Easter chicken hiding the eggs she laid, but a Bunny. Ah well that's not the point of this post anyway.

Do you know what Easter is? Do you know who rose?
On Good Friday Jesus was beaten, Whipped so that the flesh fell off of his back, Had a crown of thorns (and I'm not talking like blackberry thorns, the thorns they made the crown out of were and inch long) shoved down on his head so that the thorns dug in and tore the flesh on his head, he was spat upon, slapped, mocked and when he was almost dead was made to carry a cross to the place of his death. This was not a cross made from nicely milled 4x4's it was rough cut wood and the splinters dug in deep to already torn and battered flesh.

Once they reached the top of the hill he was thrown down on the cross and nails were pounded into his feet and his wrists (go to your local hardware store and find the biggest nail you can. Looks painful huh, guess what its not big enough) his cross was slammed down into a hole jarring his whole body with shooting agonizing pain. He was mocked while on the cross, the soldiers gambled for his clothing below him. During Crucifixion your body weight pulls you down until your shoulders dislocate, compressing your lungs making it hard to breath, the only way to get a full breath is to push up on feet the have a huge spike through them so that you can take a deep breath of air that is filled with the stench of blood that you realise is you own.

After all of this he looked to the heavens and said "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do" and then he died on that cross.

But then came Sunday and the tomb was empty, Jesus had risen. His purpose had been accomplished. Atonement for sin had been made. Because of his death and Resurrection we have the free gift of eternal Life.

and that my friends is the true prize inside the golden egg