Vancouver Wet & Arkansas Visitors

Work & pleasure trip to Vancouver last week. Nice being wet again after a long hot dry Utah summer. That said, just a few hours of sunshine wouldn't hurt would it now Canada? Had a rather nice room in the Pan Pacific, pretty ok view :) Caught up with friends, who i think are now old friends since i've known them for 4 years! Next trip for us is either Quebec City, Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon. Who knows. Now, on to a snowy Utah winter.








The week before Vancouver, Sheryl & Gary dropped by on their way to Vegas, doing the cross country RV thing. Nice to see them again!

Pumpkins

oooo aaaa what a night! Pumpkins were in fine form last night at the David McKay Center-Orem A show we nearly ditched due a conflict with another band we love- Black Mountain- turned out to be the best reason to head to Utah County. WOW. Felt like I was a youngster again... especially when they played Drown. Glory days hahahaha

Orem is in Utah county- the most conservative locale in the US. Felt like an extra in the movie Footloose. Youngsters who looked about 14 already married and with kiddies on the way. Strange place. No dancing you hear!

Karen's Hen's Night & Wedding (to Dave!)

Managed to catch up with nearly everyone on the recent trip to Sydney for Kazza and Davo's wedding. Including:

Rachel:

The Masefield family:

The Bridesmaids:

The angel wife:

The Nieces:

And of course, the married couple!

Whilst not pictured here, we also had the priveledge of seeing the Wiezels and the Lances and the McCameys and the Whipps. Thanks all, and see you all again soon.

Darren Hanlon

Thanks to one Darren Hanlon for dropping by Salt Lake City, playing a gig at Slowtrain Records. Must've been around 30 people in there, donation only (no cover), and a great time! Even had very cool pyro-technics and smoke coming from the amp - who knew fire and electricity would make for such fun? Two things struck me about the show:

1/ music is still cool, perhaps even better when play at small gigs
2/ i miss t-shirts

Zions National Park, Las Vegas and Clint & Kelly's Wedding

Sheryl flew into Salt Lake and we drove to Vegas for Clint & Kelly's wedding, stopping by Zions on the way. Great weekend!

Arches & Canyonlands

Here's some pics from our trip to Arches & Canyonlands National Parks in South-East Utah. This was early July.

And when Michelle sets eBay to go we get .....

And when Michelle sets eBay to go we get .....

eBay to Go

I'm really not into shameless promotion of where i work... but i think this is pretty DANG cool.

Michelle on TV

Michelle and her theatre were on TV yesterday morning. She woke up at 2.30am for makeup! Introduced by Sarah.

Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Jose and Big Sur!

Back from a weekend in Bay Area California! Reconnected with the ocean and Michelle's frizzy hair. Very very livable, and beautiful place.