Honk and wave

I'm back in Cedar City for a couple of days, and I've noticed a really interesting phenomenon lately. When I drive down the street, people wave at me, even though I have no idea who most of them are! I could probably attribute this to them just recognizing the car, and not neccessarily me. However, my brother Mitchell introduced me to something. When driving down the street, he just honks at people and waves, regardless of knowing who the heck they are! It's highly entertaining. Give it a try!

Road trip marathon

My breaks are pretty limited with being in dental school. Therefore, I tend to take full advantage of them when they do come around. Also, I like the fact that I can up and go on a road trip whenever I feel like it! Therefore, I've been on the road pretty much since our break started, except for a couple of days when I was sitting around Cedar doing nothing... Okay, prepare for picture overload!

First trip, I decided to drive up to Orem to visit a friend. We decided to take a trip up Provo canyon, and we found some water while we were at it! This reservoir is primarily snow melt, and if you can't tell from my face, it was freezing!

The day after I got back from Orem, the fam took off to Lake Powell! We were there two days, and basically spent the entire time cruising around the lake on our boat. This meant lots of tube rides, wake boarding, swimming, and sun! My brother got a bunch of good pictures of us at Rainbow Bridge, and I didn't take very many awesome ones, so I'll save those for later.

We came home for Sunday, then took off the next day for Panguitch Lake. It's about a hour and a half drive up the mountain, and my parents have a sweet cabin there.

My parents did the fishing, but my brother and I were pretty excited about this huge fish!

We also got some four-wheeling in while we were up there!

Finally, we went from Panguitch over to Bryce Canyon!

Funny story. This is one of my favorite places to visit in Utah, but I honestly can't remember the last time I came here. I think I've tried to plan a trip here several different times, but it just never happened. So I was pretty excited! The brothers, however, were less than enthusiastic. We survived, and managed to have fun despite the herds of European tourists, and the rain.

That's it for now. However, the summer it not yet over. I still have 3 weeks to have fun with!

Asymmetric

If you haven't noticed, I'm really white. Also, I tend to get sunburnt really easily! Therefore, when I went to the lake this last week, I was constantly applying sunscreen. Alas, I still got burned. However, it was odd because I really only got burnt on my right side! My right forehead, my right shoulder, and my right earlobe! Talk about an asymmetrical burn... I attribute it to me sitting on the same side in the front of our boat for two days straight, but honestly, I'm still confused.

Flood waters

I'm not sure how many of you are aware, but there is currently a lot of flooding happening in Nebraska. As I was flying out of Omaha today, I was shocked by just how much water there was! I took a couple of pictures from the plane.

Here you can see from the flooded trees just how much the river has risen.
Okay this picture is ridiculous. On the right side is Iowa, and there are a bunch of casinos right on the riverfront. So up near the top you can see a big square area of water. Yeah... that is a flooded parking lot! Also, you can see all the trees that are flooded on the Nebraska shoreline.

This isn't the best picture, but you can see all the water north of the city.

It's kinda scary to be driving through town and see all the sandbags. Even in the middle of Counsel Bluffs there will be a bunch of bags around electrical boxes, and other things like that. Funny thing is I actually live right next to the river. However, I'm clear up on a hill, which protects me from the flood waters. That is more than I can say for a lot of people, though!

The plane actually flew directly over my neighborhood, so I snapped a picture. It goes river, road, bunch of trees (that is actually part of the Botanical Gardens), and my neighborhood! I wish I could edit the picture and put an arrow pointing to my building.

Harry Potter Fans

So I'm not a total Harry Potter psycho, but I do enjoy going to see Harry at midnight! Despite having clinic the next morning, me and my friends Zach and Dave went out to the Counsel Bluffs theater on Thursday. Honestly, the best part was watching all the crazy people who showed up!

For instance, there was a person dressed like Dobby! Yeah, for those of you who don't speak HP, that is the creepy little elf dude who runs around in a towel. So this person was wearing this random little toga with a full-on mask. It was terrifying and hilarious! You know those socially awkward moments when you see someone who looks really weird or is wearing something really ugly, but you don't stare, and you keep a straight face? Yeah, with this dude I couldn't even keep it together! Anyways, props to those who dressed up, it was highly entertaining. As for the movie, it was awesome, and I'll totally go see it with you again!

National "blow-things-up" Day!!!

Happy Independence day!

Here's a bunch of pictures from the 4th. Some friends of mine managed to drag me out of bed by 7 am (a feat all in itself), and we drove out to Ashland, Nebraska. While there we decided to check out some random airspace museum. It was pretty cool to tour all these military planes, including old WWII bombers, on the fourth of July. It made me happy! I was probably most excited about this B17 bomber because my Grandpa Jones flew these during WWII. It made me grateful for those serving in the military, and it made me proud of my Grandpa!

This is a Blackbird. Apparently they're really fast, and really fancy... and big!

I'm totes ready to fly...

Hugging Mitchell!!! (If this makes no sense, my little brother's name is Mitchell.)

Finally, we took a horse ride at Mahoney state park. It was fun to be on a horse since I haven't been since last summer. However, these horses are so well trained you basically just let them do their thing. Also, these pictures reminded me why I never wear baseball caps. However, I'm totally patriotic with my red, white, and blue (without even realizing it)!

I had a lot of fun, but it was ridiculously hot (and humid) and all I wanted to do was take a nap! A friend of mine came over later that night, and we watched a movie, ate ice-cream, and lit off some sweet sparklers!