A couple of cool weekends

27 Jul

Flaming Gorge Dam

The end of July is looking to be a lot of fun! Last weekend, we packed up and headed eastward, to Flaming Gorge. We stayed at Firefighter’s Memorial Campground in our tent and had a great time. The weather is probably 5-10 degrees cooler than out here in the city. That made things quite a bit more enjoyable. While we were there, we went river rafting down the Green River. We rented a 5-man raft and started down at the base of Flaming Gorge Dam and followed it through about 7 miles. Along the way a few minor rapids and some incredible canyon scenery! Rebekah joined us and lent her outdoors expertise to enhance our experience. Along the way, we met up with Bill Rodgers and his group. He helped us to avoid the $45 shuttle fee by giving me a lift back from the end of the rafting route. We ended up bumping into them several more times during the weekend. They were a big help and told us some nice places to go check out in the area. We had a really good time and other than the death of my phone in what should have been a water-proof bag, it was a lot of fun.

After a work-week, we were invited to travel up to Washington to take part in the Baptism of my niece, Kelsey Shumate. My older sister, Gina and her family live in Spokane Valley and have asked us to join in this great event. I love any chance to travel up to WA so we’re going! I’m looking very much forward to seeing folks again and getting at least somewhat close to my old homeland. I probably won’t be able to see “my mountain”, Mt. Rainier, but that’s alright… this time… We’ll be driving and taking Lexie along with us. I’m sure she’s excited for another road-trip and another chance to see Grandma! My mom and her are good buddies!

I’ll try to post pictures either here or on Facebook of our trips. I hope you all have a good rest of summer and I’ll write again soon!

-Timmy

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Movie Review: The Box

15 Jul

The Box

Ugh. The Box has a painfully frustrating end to what would seem to be a great suspense/thriller. I will do my best to keep from spoiling this for anyone who still wants to see it after it gets this shredding. Cameron Diaz (The Mask, The Holiday) and James Marsden (Enchanted, XMEN) play Norma and Arthur Lewis, who live near Langley, WV, in 1976. Arthur is basically a rocket scientist working for NASA on the Viking Mars project.  They receive a mysterious box with a button on it. A strange man explains that they will receive a payment of $1 million in cash for pressing this button. The catch is that once that button is pushed, someone on Earth that they don’t know will die. Ultimately, due to their disbelief, they push this button and get the money. They also get the guilt of being responsible for the death of another person. Continue reading →

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Las Vegas Trip 2010

6 Jul

Wyatt, of all people, wanted to visit Las Vegas this year. I put my money on the Lotus scene from Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief as to why he wanted to go so bad. Knowing that Vegas is not really a horribly great place for children, we decided to focus a lot of our time at Circus Circus and did a tour at Hoover Dam. If you’ve not been to LV in some time, Circus Circus has added Adventuredome. It’s a whole add-on building that houses an entire theme park! You can click on the link after reading to see more.

Circus Circus

We arrived in Vegas Saturday afternoon and stayed our first night in a small motel off The Strip to save some money. We were still pretty close to all the action, but it was a lot cheaper and had a swimming pool. We went into town and hit the Midway at Circus Circus. Wyatt played a lot of the games and we watched a cool circus act where a couple of guys juggled each other by their feet. Wyatt won a few prizes and some tickets. It being a holiday weekend, parking was atrocious! That was my least favorite part of the whole trip. It was also about 106 degrees the entire time! Continue reading →

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Audio Post

1 Jul

Movie Review: Despicable Me

30 Jun

Despicable Me

In Despicable Me, Gru is an aging villain who is trying to compete with other younger villains by trying to steal the moon. Steve Carell (The Office) plays the voice of our “hero” in this story about a man’s struggle to find validation from the world around him. His competition is young upstart, Vector. Vector has all the advantages. He has money, technology and has already pulled off a huge robbery. He is played by Jason Segel (Marshall on How I Met Your Mother) and is one of the more nerdy villains I’ve seen. Continue reading →

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