Some say the world will end with fire.

Others say with ice.

From what I've tasted of desire

I hold with those that favor fire.

But if I had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate,

To say that for destruction ice,

Is also great and would suffice.

Robert Frost



"YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID" - Ron White



"Good things come to those who wait, but, only the things LEFT by those who hustle." - Unknown (at least by me)



"Life is wonderful, without it you are dead." - Hy "Pete" Peterson - Park City and Kenecott Miner



"Don't worry about those people in your past---there is a reason they are not in your present." - Unknown



"Life's tough - it's even tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne



"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary!" - Vince Lombardi



"If you aren’t living on the edge, you’re probably taking up too much space.” ~ Attributed to Jim Whittaker by Doug ‘Swani’ Swantner, Alaska Smokejumper and Air Attack Base Manager (Ret.)

About Me

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I am married and have seven children and twenty grandchildren. I retired January 1, 2010 after working 39+ years for the Forest Service...NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE HAS BEGUN!

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Random Pictures


This is me standing to the side of the Skalkaho Falls on the Pintlar District in Montana - when I was stationed there it was the Philipsburg District.

This is an awesome shot of some jets flying in a UNIQUE formation.


These are pictures of the new Bear Lake overlook at the top of Logan Canyon. I was involved with every step of this except the construction. This is the first time I have seen anything of it. Turned out nice as far as I can tell.

IT WON AGAIN!!!!


The Suburban in the picture had OLE YELLER's engine. It is kind of hard for me to believe that the engine in OLD YELLER has pulled off three wins in a row. Pretty Tough OLE Truck. I for one loved that truck - as evidenced by the 250,000 miles it had on it before I traded it to my daughter.

NEXT VISITOR WILL BE 5900

The next visitor to my blog will be number 5900 - that means that if each visitor spent one minute on the site then I have wasted over 98 hours of peoples time reading my blog. I know everyone doesn't spend that much time but if it wasn't for keeping in touch with family and friends this would be a huge time waster - but - in reality it is pretty fun to do it and to read others blogs.

INTO PERPETUITY

A few years ago I traded a truck with my daughter - it was OLD YELLER (wish I had a picture) - her husband used it for a paint truck for a few years until it just started falling apart. THEN -

They decided to run it in a demolition derby to put it out of its misery. It won and was still running pretty good. SO -

They decided to run it in another demolition derby. It won again but was seriously totalled out - seriously. AND-

Last night I got a text from my daughter saying they had put the engine and some other parts out of OLD YELLER into a Suburban they were running in the demolition derby last night.

Haven't heard yet whether it won or not but OLE YELLER was pretty unstoppable when I had it. My boys will remember a hunting trip with it tipped onto it's right side on the mountain held in place by a small tree. We struggled out through the window. We got out the handyman jack and a chain and jacked it back onto its wheels and went back to hunting.

CAN HARDLY WAIT TO HEAR HOW THE ENGINE PERFORMED LAST NIGHT.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

FALL - GOTTA LOVE IT

OK all you fall lovers here is the leaf prediction for the state of UTAH - you have three weeks to enjoy the leaf show. The next week and a half it will be getting better and the following week and a half they will be falling off. After that the only thing you have to look forward to is snow and winter - YUP - IT'S NEARLY HERE!!!!

Enjoy the fall while you can 'cause it ain't gonna last long. That's my $0.02

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

MY FAVORITE SIGN



The only sign in the National Forest system that reads the way the RANGER talks - I love this sign.

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I think these three shots are awesome - tell me why the houses didn't burn -