Another event in Nick’s bachelor partying was to go shoot some guns. Zach filled up the back of his car with 12+ guns and 4k rounds of ammo, then got pulled over because of a missing front license plate. Fortunately the officer didn’t notice the guns, as he was more concerned about the large machetes…
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Bachelor Party on Kings Peak
Nick was looking for an unconventional Bachelor party, so we suggested maybe a 34 mile hike to the top of Utah’s highest peak, Kings Peak. Game on, says he! So a week before his wedding, we gather the best men and do a practice hike in the hills behind our house: Nick’s big toe found…
Sitting on a Bunny
Happy Birthday to Dad, 85 today! I bet you can’t figure out what this is: You have till the end of this post to place your bets. A couple of months ago the large open pit Kennecott copper mine West of Salt Lake City had a massive landslide: Their sensors warned them it was coming,…
Spring brings fountains, solar sails, and relays
I think this mystery photo is too easy, but is scary pretty: And the hills around here are simply pretty pretty: And the birds above the hills are pretty pretty pretty: I’ve been playing a game with the birds that come to the feeders I placed next to our windows … how close can I…
A not so feral cat
Guess who this is: Fortunately it is not a 3d photo, or Irena would have been terrified: A slightly different view of the guy who owns those teeth, here finalizing the circuitry for the Hot Tub solar collector: I got the evacuated solar tubes mounted right above the hot tub: These plots show the various…
Fawns to Bucks
You remember those cute little deer fawns we had pouncing over our pool cover last spring? They grew up: This hawk has been watching them like a hawk: And this wood pecker: Was pecking on our rock siding. Must have been some rock insects in there: Which leads into things that weight about the same…