No Trail... No Problem

That would be our motto looking back on this awesome camping trip. My dad and some of his buddies had seen a rock shelter and a campsite while kayaking down the Sypsey. Using a map and his trusty GPS he sought to return to the spot with me and my friends this weekend. Well as you can see by the picture above we made it even though the "old logging road" on the map was definitely old but definitely no longer a road or anything that could even be construed as a trail. We had a blast though and despite bushwacking for a mile or so in and out we still had the energy to fish, skip rocks and stay up til after midnight talking and drinking Scotch from a Nalgene bottle. Jeff T., Landon and Jeff J. did awesome especially considering it was the first backpacking any of them had done. Some high points were dad stepped on a copperhead that he didn't see but Jeff did, we were sung to sleep by some seriously talkative coyotes, Jeff J. cooked Vienna Sausages over the fire on a stick for breakfast and once again my dad stole the show with some insanely good steaks cooked over coals from a killer fire that burned for a good 6 hours that actually started back up the next morning just by stirring it up and adding some kindling. We had an amazing time and the itch for the woods(or maybe it's the mosquitoes) is worse than ever. Hopefully I will be back out in the woods again sooner rather than later.

The last Harry Potter came out this weekend which you know even if you live in a rock shelter out in the woods. I am only about 40 pages into it now which is why I don't have any finished books to review since they all hit the shelf until Harry's story is complete.

TRANSFORMERS... Robots in Disguise

I have seen the movie of the summer. Out of the way Pirates and dare I say Spiderman, you have been dethroned by the one and only Optimus Prime.I has extremely high expectations for this movie and I would say they were overwhelmed. There is no substitute for pretty girls, fast cars and fast cars that turn into robots. I grew up watching the cartoon and eventually the movie which came out in the mid-80s('86 I think but not sure) and they were good. This is phenomenal all those times I changed that 18-wheeler from a robot to a truck and back this is what I pictured. The special effects were awesome as well as the acting ok enough all ready I know it's just a movie but go see it as soon as you can. I myself am going for Round 2 tonight hopefully it will be as good the second time around. Oh yeah and here is the old Optimus from the cartoon just to compare and contrast.

TRANSFORMERS!!! More than meets the eye....