So my best friend David has been down at NAS Pensacola for some training, and I thought this was the best time to go see the National Museum of Naval Aviation with him.  I’ve always wanted to visit; they have a great selection of aircraft.  Naturally, a road trip these days means bringing Isaac [...]

Posted on February 27th, 2010 by Zach
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Get a good night’s sleep.  Pack a lot of caffeine.  Bring all the sessions of General Conference and a couple of Robert Jordan books to listen to.  Bring food, water, and extra newspaper for the cats.  That was the plan, and for the most part, it worked out well.  After 1900 miles of driving, [...]

Posted on November 6th, 2009 by Zach
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One last hurrah in Utah.  I’m lucky enough to have found friends who like the remote places in Utah as much as I do.  Yesterday I went out with Jim to roam around in the deserts of Western Utah.  I love the House Range in particular.  It’s got the formidable Notch Peak, one of the [...]

Posted on October 22nd, 2009 by Zach
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We’ve had Grandpa Bird in town, and so we thought it would be fun to have an adventure together.  The last few times Grandpa Bird has visited, I’ve dragged him through Utah’s exotic deserts.  I thought it would be a nice change to go to the mountains this time. 
Normally I like to avoid [...]

Posted on September 7th, 2009 by Zach
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I had a chance to do another nice hike with  my friend Jim yesterday afternoon.  Squaw Peak is the prominent peak above Provo, and the backdrop to those pictures of the Provo Temple you often see.  (Speaking of pictures, here’s a link to the whole hi-res slideshow on Flickr.)  After the trip up Provo Peak [...]

Posted on June 20th, 2009 by Zach
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I decided it was time to stop talking about mountains and finally hit another peak.  It’s been long enough since my last peak.  I’ve been in pretty bad shape physically, letting myself get fat and lazy.  For the past couple of months I’ve been in the gym almost every morning, so I felt up to [...]

Posted on June 9th, 2009 by Zach
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It’s late, so I’m just going to dump a slideshow here.  There are some fun stories to share too.

Posted on May 14th, 2009 by Zach
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I took some days off this week, so I thought I’d spend a day with each of the older children.  When I asked them what they wanted to do, Isaac wanted to go to a mountain far away, and Charlotte wanted to look at fish.
So Thursday morning, Isaac and I set out for Arches National [...]

Posted on April 20th, 2009 by Zach
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Omniture gave us some passes to Thanksgiving Point as part of the company party we had last week, so we took the toads up.  Isaac was a little scared of the dinosaurs (I probably shouldn’t have told him they eat children), but Charlotte had no fear.  Isaac kept reminding us that the dinosaurs were dead, [...]

Posted on August 9th, 2008 by Zach
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I guess that’s actually more due south than southwest, and even a little east.  Grandpa Bird and I took some time to go see some sights, and had a pretty good time doing it.  We were able to see Mesa Verde, which I’ve always felt is under-appreciated as a National Park.  On the flip side, [...]

Posted on June 10th, 2008 by Zach
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We went out to dig for topaz, but it was hard. One had to hammer things. Still, we did some nice driving around out there in the Great Basin.
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

Posted on April 14th, 2008 by Zach
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I took the kids to the museum at Hill Air Force Base a couple of weeks ago.  It was an attempt to buy Kathleen some time to nap or do chores.  They behaved pretty well on the drive to Ogden, and then we had fun looking at all the planes.  This picture shows Isaac and [...]

Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Zach
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Isaac and I took a little hike together today up above Alta, to Cecret Lake.  He was a great hiker, going up the whole way and about a third of the way back before he was worn out.  The trip up and back is under two miles, but the kid is only three, so [...]

Posted on October 12th, 2007 by Zach
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Well, here’s a snap I took of [tag]Deseret Peak[/tag]. It’s a very nice mountain out in the Stansbury range west of Salt Lake City. For those who are interested, it’s one of the ultra prominence peaks in the US, which makes it an interesting mountain for peak baggers. The area is excellent [...]

Posted on August 31st, 2006 by Zach
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