Vacationing Bubs

We are now back from our 10 day trip to Idaho. It was a pretty good vacation for the following reasons:

• We were doing something in water for 5 out of 10 days.
• We got to do things we normally don't get to do.
• We were well fed at minimal expense. (Yes, I'm a mooch.)
• Lincoln not only learned how to crawl on hands and knees well, but also learned how to climb stairs, and climb a crib.
• The Dodgers won 8 of 9 games.

Day 1:

We got to Steve and Sharon's cabin by 1:00. They took us down the Snake. Both Clark and Derrick fell out at Kahuna.

Day 2:

We went down the Snake twice more. Clark, Steve and Lauren all fell out of Kahuna, making Matt, and Sharon the only members of the Parry family that didn't fall out, and Clark the only 2 timer.

Day 3:

Sunday, we headed back to Idaho Falls to visit with Grandma and Grandpa, we stayed at John and Renee's house.

Day 4:

Spent the day in Idaho Falls, went and fed the geese on the side of the river.

Day 5:

Went wakeboarding with the Fullers, I of course couldn't get up despite trying about 20 times. Ange got up right away. We cleaned up, and headed out to Island Park to Angela's Aunt Teresa's Cabin.

Day 6:

Went to Big Springs and West Yellowstone.

Day 7:

Went out on Island Park Reservoir for most of the day. Me and Ange were still too sore to try anything from our previous boating trip. When we got back, genius bubs made some pretty sweet dutch oven cobbler. Not so genius bubs took forever to cook the dutch oven turkey.

Day 8:

Ange and I woke up early to go see Mesa Falls, we spent some time there, and then hung out at the cabin for a while. Then we decided to take a huge group of people, and float down the Henry Fork of the Snake. We got let off a few miles up the river, which was a bad idea because the river is slow, and the wind was blowing upstream. When it became obvious that we weren't going to get back to the cabin ever, me and Jordan Miller pulled the rest of the rafts down the river. Everyone was miserable by the end of the trip because the water was cold and it was windy. Lincoln enjoyed the first half hour, but then got fussy. Luckily, he slept the last hour of the float. Smores at the end of the day made up for the debacle.

Day 9:

We went to Yellowstone and saw Upper and Lower Falls, The Mud Volcano, Isa Lake, and Old Faithful. We headed out through West Yellowstone, and tried a Buffalo Burger. I'd have to say I was dissapointed. Mike Fronk made us Buffalo meat one time and it was delicious. This stuff was just like a hamburger, but drier.

Day 10:

We packed up and came back home.

Home Improvement Bubs

I am on vacation right now, longest vacation ever, but it has been fun. Pictures of fun parts to come later, I will not post pictures of the boring parts.

I have been at a cabin by Island Park Idaho the last few days. The cabin has a bathroom that has a window in the shower with a nice view of the river. I got to thinking about how I am a big fan of windows with a nice view in the shower. It was debateable if this window was set to low or not, but I thought I'd like a window with a nice view in the shower of my dream bathroom. Here are some other things I'd like to see in my dream bathroom.

• Multi tiered bathtub with a waterfall
• Toilet with the flush of a jet engine
• Self defogging mirror (Squigee optional)
• Two seperate sinks and mirrors
• Towel warming rack (Heated tile floor would be nice)
• Shower with a steam room option
• Walk in closet
• Jetted tub
• Laundry chute
• Seat availability in the shower
• Built in TV that can be seen from the bathtub and the toilet

I'm sure there are more options out there that I'm not aware of, I will consider them as I learn more about bathrooms.

Bear Lake Monster

Tells the future whilst eating Whoppers Bubs

Formalities first, we went to Kiddie Kandids to get 9 moth old pictures of the boy.

The rest can be seen at:

http://mystudio.kiddiekandids.com/viewshare.asp?c=005231342GDFCSRQQ

I would like to mention that some of the Whoppers I'm eating are a bit chewy, that can't be a good sign, but I carry on.

Chase Utley just extended his hit streak to 35

Sticking with the baseball theme, I will now project this year's playoffs.

First the Senior Circut

Mets vs. San Diego: Mets win 3-2

St. Louis vs. Los Angeles: St. Louis wins 3-1

Mets vs. St. Louis: St. Louis wins 4-2

Now the AL

Detroit vs. Los Angeles: Detrios wins 3-2

Minnesota vs. Boston: Minnesota wins 3-1

Detroit vs. Minnesota: Detroit wins 4-2

World Series:

St. Louis vs. Detroit: St. Louis wins 4-3

That game 7 is going to be hard to win in Detroit.

Other Considerations:

I would have put Toronto in 5 days ago, but they didn't do their usual damage against the Yankees. I think Boston has more firepower than the Yanks, but it would be nice to see Toronto step it up.

I wouldn't have put the Dodgers in 5 days ago, but trades and a recent win streak have given me hope.

I think the Angels have the best team in the West, and will eventually overtake the A's

I think Chicago's recent struggles will continue, and they'll be overtaken by the Twinks. Sorry Matt, but your Manager has some serious issues.

I believe that is all I have to say about that. I think these Whoppers have gone to me head.

Jimmy the Bubs

Out of ideas Bubs

So I don't want to get chewed out by Matt aka The Post Nazi, for not doing a post in a while, but I don't have anything really to say, so enjoy this picture I ripped off an email.

In other news, I have inserted a "toss o' meter" just below the geocaching counter. I would do a fancy one, but I don't know how, maybe Pirate Joe can let me in on all his big secrets. The "toss o' meter" simply counts the number of softball players I've had to eject from games this season. I'm thinking I should write down why they got tossed and put it on my website.

In other news, Link had a huge blowout today while we were out and about. Let's just say that apparently he didn't chew one of the peas Ange gave him, because it came out whole, and covered with...

...anyway, the Platypi page should be updated with todays game info in short order.

The Cheat

Birthday Bubs

Yesterday was my birthday. That's right, I'm now 34. I feel sorry for all those who still have to be 33. As birthdays go, mine wasn't so hot. I had to go to the dentist in the morning, where he worked on my teeth for two and a half hours. My jaw hurt the whole day, because I can't ever open my mouth wide enough, so they have to stick that wedge in there, which isn't very cool.

Then I had to umpire 5 softball games. It was alright, the teams were actually pretty nice, and it was coed. The scorekeeper kept announcing to everyone that it was my birthday, and one game, I wouldn't allow batters in the batters box until they wished me happy birthday. That's the kind of respect you command when you are 34.

The following is a list of worse ways I could have spend my birthday

• Updating my blog
• Helping Mike move into his new place in Virginia
• Watching the Dodgers lose
• Watching the world cup finals
• Sitting two hours in a dentist's chair with my mouth agape while watching the world cup
• Teaching 8th graders
• Getting fingernails pulled out one by one
• Watching the Tour de France
• Living in France
• Living in Oklahoma
• Sinking my teeth in to a yummy chocolate cake only to find out it is German Chocolate Cake
• Eating a coffee flavored Jelly Belly

As it turns out, I feel much cooler being 34, I noticed the difference overnight. That's all I have to say about that.

Forrest

Camping disaster Bubs

Following up on Matt's comment from my last post, I will prove that soccer causes riots via a simpsons episode.




So the Bubs, having the summer off can do things like go camping on weekdays, while the rest of the world is slaving away at thier unfulfilling jobs.

We reserved a campground a few weeks ago, and thus begins the tale.

A few mistakes were made on this camping trip.

Mistake #1 I thought I had reserved a campground in American Fork Canyon, turns out I accidently reserved one by Strawberry Resivour. Here's a visual.

The red car is where I thought we were going... the green car is where we were actually going.

Not bad, I was only off by 40.2 miles. I included our house and dad's house as reference points.

Mistake #2

Taking the baby... this was compounded by Mistake #1. When we got there, I asked the guy if it got cold. He said it was 36 degrees the night before. Our tent is built to be cool in the summer, it isn't necesarily a winter tent. Apparently we lucked out, because it was only 38 degrees. Nevertheless, Lincoln was awake at 3 am with a soaking diaper, and it was so cold. We eventually got in the car, and drove around for 3 hours with the heater on.

On the positive side, we did get to see Duchesne.
This was our campsite.
40 degrees 07.379 North, 111 degrees 02.203 degrees West. 7,715 feet in elevation.

Mistake #3

My sleeping bag is broken, and so I just brought some blankets. Again, I didn't know how cold this place was. I think we're going to have to restrict our tent to 7,500 feet or below.

Mistake #4

Didn't bring any firewood, matches, and even worse marshmellows, so when we were way cold in the morning, the car was the only way to go.

So those were the major bummer points of our little trip.

In good news, we did get to go geocaching.





We found our 8th ever geocache in a place called "Big Hollow" south of Heber. It was a pretty easy find, only about 70 feet off the trail, so Lincoln could come with us.

It had a nice view of the Heber Valley.

This is a picture of the geocache we found.



Our 9th ever cache was easy also, as long as you could find the right road to take. It was just west of Jordanelle, and it had all sorts of kid toys. You can see the cache in its hiding place in the picture to the right. It's the ammo box on the ground. You can also see Lincoln working on my hair.

I'll leave everyone with one more picture below, of the contents of this geocache, and some advice.

When you go camping, make sure you know where you're going, what the temperature will be, and bring along supplies.

Yes, those sunglasses Link's got on are from the cache. In other news, Lincoln is crawling around like crazy, and I just made an heroic save as he tried to go down the stairs. They should invent something that prevents babies from falling down stairs, or make a video game about babies falling down stairs.
In conclusion, Bubba now, Bubba now.

Soccer Hater Bubs

It's not that I hate soccer above anything else. In fact, I gave it a chance -- ask my brothers. I was into the 1994 world cup, because I thought it would be cool, especially since I had just returned from Venezuela. Instead, it was a huge disappointment.

Here are some of the reasons why I hate soccer, as you will see, they are quite reasonable.

• I could make the sport more enjoyable, and I know nothing about soccer

- Do away with offsides determined by defenders, and draw a line on the field, like hockey.
- Don't penalize a team based on how "injured" the other player looks.
- Put the actual time on the scoreboard instead of making it a huge mystery.

• Most penalties don't affect the game much, but if the penalty happens to occur near the goal, it's a huge penalty. That is like awarding a layup attempt for a breakaway foul in basketball that's worth 25 points.

• US will never win, because US athletes don't fake injuries.

• Refs can change the game with thier bad calls more than just about any other sport, since a red card not only means an ejection, but the team now has to play a player short.

• Draws

• "Fans" just sing or blow whistles the whole time.
  

• The team that plays the best wins only 30% of the time. I usually like to see the team that plays the best win. Notable exceptions include BYU, Utah Jazz, and Platypi

That's all my soccer hating for now, I'll let other add reasons as I'm sure I have forgotten a few reasons to hate soccer. The sad thing is I'm sure I'll be sucked into the world cup in 2010.

In other news, I found my first geocache the other day. Pictures of that find to come shortly, it was near Valley Park. Visit the geocaching link for more info.

Also, for those who are interested, I've updated a few videos on millburnland as well as some Platypi stuff. Big game next tuesday. Matt, you should check out the game summaries to make sure you know how the games went.

That is all.

Papa John