Day 184

     I love my dad so much. Today we went on a nice family hike. It didn't last terribly long, since unfortunately, we've got so much spring melt it completely blocked the trail! But it was nice to be out with the family.

Day 115

     On a trip to Southern Utah! And my, the rocks are beautiful! Even in black and white, with the loss of their rusty red color. With all the extraordinary rocks, I feel as if I am in an extraterrestrial world.

Day 99

     I fell in love with the Mojave desert. Red brome is bad, Joshua trees are awesome, I held Kangaroo Rats, Pocket Mice and a baby Jackrabbit. My feet were neither warm nor dry along with my hands and the sun came out just once. I laughed a lot and learned some stuff. I was convinced that country music is actually fun to listen to on dirt roads late at night and makes me want to just dance. I found some of the craziest things to do at night are some of the most fun. Like watching 20 college students rocket out of a van after a Heteromyid past midnight. I found out it's fun to hang out with people with the same passions as you, and that sometimes I act like a know-it-all. I got to camp again and it was heaven.

Just one final view of the beautiful ranch we stayed at...

Day 98

     It was really hard to choose a picture from this day...
     It was fairly cold all day, but at night, we had a big beautiful bonfire. I got a lot of good images but I chose this one out of them all. Just feel the heat through the screen...