Meihls Family

2011-06-26T08:34:00.000-06:00

yeah yeah yeah

2011-06-24T16:39:00.002-06:00

so it's been a few days since I updated the blog. Well, we have been busy. Since then, everyone got a year older. We've snowboarded this year, I even took up the sport, albeit quite slowly but nonetheless, out on the board.

Travis finished up his Sophomore year at the U. - working as hard as ever. Dating Lauren still.

Ali finished up her Sophomore year at Jordan High School, now attending Salt Lake Community College this summer for classes.

Justin finished up what they call Middle School out here (Freshman), he'll be attending Jordan High School next year.

Sue is still at the Cystic Fibrosis clinic down at Primary Childrens, busy as ever and understaffed as well.

We've had our share of visitors this year, i don't think that next year will be any different.

We had to make a quick trip back to Indiana over Thanksgiving, my dad suddenly passed away from a stroke. I had just talked to him hours earlier.

Next up, Illinois to visit family next week. Lake house, here we come.

Sue and Dan

It's work picnic time

2010-09-17T07:38:00.002-06:00

The last few days has been nothing but work picnic's.

Sunday was the REI end of summer party. Nice time, good to always get out and see others outside of work.

Thursday was the Oracle Picnic held at our bosses house in Park City, great time as well to talk to others outside of work. You get to know alot about co-workers when you're not at work. (PICS attached)

Tonight is a party for one of our friends sisters, her 50th. Do we really have friends that old ;)

Tomorrow night is our block party, the first one we're actually able to attend, weather seems to be holding up nicely for all of them so far.

Travis bought a Jeep last night, a 1997 Jeep Wrangler, he was in the garage till the wee hours of the morning last night putting it back together basically. It was a project car from one of his friends friends and he didn't have time to finish it. Travis is under the gun on on it now as he wants to take it to Moab in about a month for his Fall Break from the U. Nice looking jeep, he just didn't want his moms jeep to outshine him. Wonder how long he'll keep his WRX?? tick tock tick tock.

Ali turns 16 one week from today, God help us all. She's been applying for jobs, albeit not very diligently but applying. :)

Enjoy the weekend.

Dan

Some updated Pics

2010-09-06T18:53:00.003-06:00

Travis, Ali and Justin took Sue's jeep out today up Corner Canyon.

Sue, Justin and I went camping this weekend up in the Uinta's. Was cold but bearable.

Justin turned 15 today. He'll be off to the Utah Drivers License division on Thursday to try to pass his test for his Learners Permit.

That's it for now, take care.

Dan & Sue

September 1st, yep, missed August

2010-09-01T07:39:00.005-06:00

Oh geeze, here goes another month gone by and I didn't update the blog. Rhonda, thanks for the note about this, it pushes me to do it!!

What have we done since last time. Well, we went to Chicago for a visit over the 4th of July, stayed with Sue's parents at the Lake, always a good time, especially when the boat and waverunners are working right. No accidents or trips to the ER this year, thank you Sue for staying on your feet and not hitting your head. Got to visit with some old friends from Crystal Lake, went out there for a day and drove around the area, my how the area has changed. Still don't miss it though, miss the friends, just not the area or the humidity.

Didn't partake in a Cubs game this year - They suck, why waste the money.

Drove down to IN to spend a few days with my family. Took the kids on Sugar Creek, went tubing, remember kids, it's dangerous, no tying the tubes together hahahahahah dangerous, tube down the Provo River with us sometimes, that's danger, Sugar Creek was a baby compared to the Provo. Anyway, had a good visit with parents. Sad to see them getting older, each and every one of them, our kids def. need to spend more time with them.

Bought Ali a car from our friends Jay/Dalisa, drove it back to Utah, Travis and Justin pretty much spent the entire 24 hours in it. All is well, she'll have her license here in 23 days, look out. Justin will have his Learners permit here in 1 week from today, then all of the Meihls Clan will be legal to drive :) pheww.

Sue, Justin and I went backpacking back to Notch lake again this year. Seems like an annual trip now, however next time we want to try some place different. Spent 2 nights in the wilderness, no animals that we heard or saw :( Pic shows Justin and Sue pumping our daily water.

Kids all started back to school last week, all looks well there. Ali didn't try back out for Volleyball as she wants to focus on studies right now, from what I hear, she does want to try out for Basketball so time to hit the courts with her. Justin will try back out for Lacrosse this coming Spring, nothing on his plans right now.

I started back to work at Snowbird a week or so ago, working the parking lot for Oktoberfest, damn i love that area.....one of my first days back I got to work when the Tour of Utah was finishing, Justin is into cycling, he got to meet Levi Leipheimer Tour De France 13th place finisher this year, if you're not familiar with him, he was Lance's right hand man for a while. anyway, he raced and won the Tour of Utah, pic is attached as well.

That's about it for now I believe. More to come, stay in touch.

Dan & Sue

Sue and I

2010-07-15T11:22:00.002-06:00

Sue and I took off a few weeks ago for Moab. Just her and I and the tent and sleeping bags.

We had reservations to do the Westwater Canyon Rafting trip thru Canyon Voyages. Loved it, pics attached. After we were done though we both agreed, we want more......rapids, roughness, etc. etc. Maybe next time we'll do a 2 day trip somewhere, people keep telling us to go North to Idaho to try their water, looks like Google will be busy over the winter with me looking.

We also just got back from our seems like annual trip to IL and IN. Good to visit with Family and friends. I think we both agree that we still don't miss the area, now family, yes we miss, but the Chicago area and IN area doesn't draw us back to live.

Drove 2nd car back from IN, bought it from Jay and Dalisa, Dalisa' 2004 Honda Civic, now i guess we need to refer it as Ali's car. Next up Justin and his permit.

More later.

Dan

June Happenings

2010-06-14T16:03:00.002-06:00

Almost half way thru June already, wow, where is the time going?

Sue took off to Indy for a mentorship program at Riley Hospital - CF clinic, she got to spend a few days with my family while there. I couldn't make it given that my new job just started up and we're going to be heading back that way for a short visit in July. She got to fly home on her birthday, June 10th, long trip - she was tired.

This past Saturday, Justin did his first Sprint tri all by himself. 300m swim, 11.5 m bike followed by a 5k run. He finished in nice time 1:40, it started out rainy but ended up half way decent, not sunny by any means but drier. He followed up his Triathlon with 3 games of Lacrosse at the Bingham Miner Classic in S. Jordan. Needless to say, Saturday evening came and he was exhausted as well.

Travis has been working on his car, his 06 Subaru WRX, clean clean clean. In the downtime from the WRX, he's been tooling around in the Jeep Wrangler, yeah, it still rocks.

Ali just got done with her Volleyball Camp, I also took her in last week to get her belly button pierced, yeah, what a great dad I am huh :)

Sue and I are taking off Friday for Moab, a short little get a way for a few days, no kids. We're rafting down the Colorado - Westwater Canyon. Can't wait.

Pics to come later.

Dan

May comes to a close.....

2010-06-02T08:38:00.002-06:00

May came to a close. First time for us in 4 years that we haven't had our sprinklers on yet, it's been so wet it feels like we're back in IL. As Sue says, "enough already, give me the sun" It's coming dear, along with the 90's and humidity, wait, it's Utah, no humidity :)

Took a short jaunt up to Boise ID this past Memorial Day weekend. The whole purpose for the trip was going to http://www.zipidaho.com/ Fantastic time. If you get a chance, do it, you'll enjoy it. I didn't zip cuz of weight requirements and fear of heights. check out my facebook page for the video as well as more pictures. Sue and kids had a good time. It's a series of 6 zip lines, starting out on a platform a few feet off ground you zip to tree (photo on here), from there you zip to 2 more trees before heading to a ground landing on the 4th one. The 5 zip line (wild turkey) takes you 1700 feet over a "canyon" and about 100' off the ground (hence my fear of heights) to another ground landing. The 6th and final one is 1800' long where you race whoever you'd like as it's a double line (not on the same line) 2 lines next to each other. Like I said, if you get the chance, try it, it's fun.

Took a drive before the Zipline to Crouch ID, nice little town, the drive took us along the Northern Payette, past the Staircase rapids, would def. like to boat down that one someday.

ID is a nice State to visit, nice scenery where we were, however, windy as all get out on the way up and the way home, felt like we were in WY or NE on the way back to IL. Speaking of way back, we're heading back to IL and IN for a visit with both sets of parents July 2nd to the 11th. Looking forward to that, it's been way too long.

Sue is making a trip in to Indy next week for a Cystic Fibrosis Mentoring program. She applied last year but wasn't selected. This year she was accepted and it just so happens to be in Indy where the center is. She's going to be staying with my parents while in town and no mom, I'm not coming in!! :(

Justin is winding down his Lacrosse season, pic attached. He's had a good season, lots of goals and tons of assists, he's sort of the team leader when he's playing, which is quite often. I hope he continues to pursue this passion, he's really a good little player. I use the term little as it is true until he grows.....we keep waiting, Junior year maybe :)

That's it for now!!

No way, update again

2010-05-15T10:22:00.001-06:00

Today Sue and Ali are walking in the Great Strides for Cystic Fibrosis.

I got to lounge around the house till Justin's Lacrosse game at 12:45 so thought i'd throw some updated pictures on here of Justin's Confirmation 2 weeks ago, enjoy.

Dan

Updates

2010-05-14T06:52:00.002-06:00

Well let's see, May 14th and what's new.

Travis is done with his Freshman year at the U, everything went well. Looks like he'll be getting an apartment close to school next year with a few friends.

Ali is finishing her Freshman year at Juan Diego, she got her upper braces off this past week too and Justin is finishing 8th Grade at SJB.

I now work for Oracle in Software Sales. Sue is busy as ever with Cystic Fibrosis Clinic - understaffed and overworked. Hopefully soon they can get fully staffed.....

Ski season working is done for me, even though it's snowing in the mountains still, no need for Ski Check or Parking.

We bought Sue a Jeep for Mothers Day, guess what she's getting for her Birthday - yep, parts for the Jeep. It's a 1992 Wrangler Interior is in great condition, the exterior needs some work.
We'll tinker with it all summer. Took it for a drive up Big Cottonwood Canyon last week. Gorgeous day - Mother's Day.

Summer is right around the corner!!

Visitors

2010-03-24T09:23:00.003-06:00

This weeks brings us some visitors. Steve and Tyler Billings are on their way out right now. Steve has business in Utah to tend to and Tyler is spending Easter with the Meihls clan again. He's planning on hitting the slopes often. Looks like Travis Ali and Justin might be sick a day or 3. :)

Eric Raucci is bringing his lovely wife Teri out to view the area for a possible move out here next summer. Sort of a show and tell for him.

We plan on doing the Crater this Sunday, have lived here for 4 years and this will be our first time.

We also plan on taking them to Ruth's Diner and also Silver Fork Lodge.

Still no start date on my new job at Oracle, looks like it might be next week. Hopefully soon, Sue is getting tired of me being home and quite frankly, so am I. Once this job starts, looks like the alarm will be going off at 4:30 in order to get up and do the routine of making breakfast for Sue and I and also lunches too. Can we go to bed any earlier. Thank god we don't have WGN out of Chicago, otherwise I think we'd be watching their 9:00 news at 8:00 our time and hitting the sack.

The pic was taken from my Iphone, I liked it with the wind blowing over the mountain snow it had a shadow effect.

That's it for now.

March, 2010

2010-03-08T13:42:00.002-07:00

Well January and February came and went rather quickly.

Had the Raucci's out (Eric, Ashley and Sam) the first week of February, Eric is bringing Teri and Ashley back out in a couple of weeks. They love the snow in the mountains. Interestingly enought, that's what brought us here too.

Ali went to the Winters dance. Volleyball will start up soon enough with open gym and all. Good luck to her this year on that. Hopefully it'll be a full year of Volleyball, no other surgeries scheduled.

Justin has been playing indoor lacrosse, it's now over and in a few weeks, Spring Lacrosse will begin, in the meantime, he's running Cross Country at St. John.

Travis completed his first semester at University of Utah, passed all of his courses and is doing well in the 2nd semester. He's working diligently and saving as much as he can to purchase his new car, Subaru WRX.

Sue is walking in the Great Strides Cystic Fibrosis walk on May 15, if you'd like to donate, here's the link:

http://http://www.cff.org/great_strides/SueMeihls

Any help you can give would be appreciated.

Till next time.

Dan

Thanksgiving Weekend

2009-11-29T13:24:00.003-07:00

Well another Thanksgiving weekend has come and gone. This year we had the chance to celebrate Travis' 19th Birthday. Hard to believe that he's 19, again, where has the time gone.

We didn't do the normal shopping this year after Thanksgiving, this year we chose to drive over to Wyoming, (only an 1 hour 30 minute drive) and find our Christmas tree in the forest. You can stop at one of the stations and buy a permit for $10.00 and go up into Ashley National Forest and cut any tree you'd like, max is 12 foot, not a problem for us. There was about a foot or so of snow in the mountains. We finally found ours in a grove of trees at 9500 feet elevation.

After loading it on the car and took off for home, taking some scenic back roads till we finally hit I-80 just East of Evanston WY. I think a fun time was had by all. Only one little misfortune with the tree, last night, we were ready for bed and kids yelled "the tree fell over" so after a little cleaning up all was back to normal.

Trav's Birthday was uneventful, he wanted something homemade for dinner and then Frogurt afterwards. Later that evening he spent it doing College homework.

Have a great Christmas season everyone. More later.

Sue and Dan

well here it is one year later

2009-11-10T19:55:00.002-07:00

Happy 20th Anniversary to my lovely wife!!

I love you more and more each day.

Dan

Yes, we're a little late in updating

2009-10-11T08:30:00.003-06:00

It is October now, wow, where does the time go.

Well, Travis is doing well in College down at the U. Ali is finally back to playing volleyball for Juan Diego H.S. after a lengthy recovery from surgery on her leg in July and August and Justin is tearing up the field for the Lacrosse team.

Sue and I are now responsible for driving and picking up since Travis is staying at the U, oh how do we miss him....It makes for a long day however, in a year, it'll all be forgotten when Ali gets her license.

Sue is getting ready to attend the Nat'l Conference for Cystic Fibrosis in Minneapolis MN this week. One of her perks for working in that Department.

Qwest is going well, sales are increasing and telecom is now coming quite natural to me, it's been a year now since I've been out of Real Estate and I thank God every day for that.

One month from today, Sue and I will celebrate our 20th Wedding Anniversary, seems like only yesterday that we were still in College, yet we have one there now.

Until then....

Well, he's off.......

2009-08-21T10:26:00.002-06:00

Travis is now a College Freshman, damn, where did the time go? Seems like only yesterday that he was riding the bus to Indian Prairie in Crystal Lake, now he's in his dorm room.

His new address is

Travis Meihls

Univ of Utah

810 Heritage Center

Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Send him a note if you can.

Last Sunday before school starts....

2009-08-16T09:23:00.002-06:00

Sunday the 16th, what's happening today? Well, we're heading out to the stores for last minute shopping for Ali and Justin, they start school tomorrow. Ali will be a Freshman and Justin will be in 8th Grade. Ali is still laid up with her knee from her surgery almost 3 weeks ago. One of these days it will heal and she can "officially" try out for the Freshman volleyball team, sure hope they wait, otherwise this year will be written off. Justin should start fall Lacrosse soon, look forward to those games on Saturday's

Off to shop, send us a note sometime.

Dan

Wow, where have we been and what have we been doing

2009-08-10T07:29:00.002-06:00

Well since the last post some 3+ months ago, we've gone through Travis graduating High School, Ali graduating 8th grade and Justin advancing out of 7th grade. Where have the years gone?

We've had my family visit us during Graduation week, my mom and dad and sister Tori and her family all came out, had a good time with them here. We've also managed a surprise visit to Chicago to walk in on Sue's brothers and sisters and also Mom/Dad, none of them knowing we were coming. It was good to spend time back in Chicago, but oh man,the traffic....

As for hikes, we've done a couple of them, pics to come later, maybe I need to find a way to update the blog from the phone with the pics on them, it'd make life a lot less hectic.

We just completed our first backpacking overnight trip. Went with our friends the Benson's and our neighbors the Rasmussen's. Went about 2.4 miles in to Notch Lake up near Bald Mountain in the Uintah's. Weather was great, expecting rain, but camping at 10,200 feet, hail was more in store. Steve woke up in his tent Sunday morning to a chill of 31 degrees, ours on the other hand was a balmy 35 degrees. Thank god for good sleeping bags.

What's in store for the next few weeks: Travis moves to the University of Utah in a week and a half, Ali is trying out for Volleyball at Juan Diego and Fall Lacrosse starts for Justin. Sue and I will continually drive and pick up :)

That's it in a nutshell, I'll try to write more on what we've been doing later and post some pics.

Dan

Ali's Confirmation

2009-05-07T15:50:00.003-06:00

Ali's long 4 month journey to be confirmed in the Catholic Faith is now over. After many Monday nights, it's now over. Sue was the Catechist teacher for Ali's class of approx 15 kids. Sue got involved because she didn't want Ali to have to attend class on Sunday's, right in the middle of ski season so Sue volunteered to teach. I think she enjoyed it, even though it was many Monday Nights.

As you can see in the picture, Lucinda was Ali's sponsor, thanks Lucinda!!!

Overall, there were 128 kids Confirmed at St. John the Baptist Middle School, not bad where the obvious religion is not Catholic :)

Enjoy the pictures, next up, 8th Grade Graduation on the 20th of May and then Travis's H.S. graduation on the 23rd of May.

Cystic Fibrosis - GREAT STRIDES

2009-03-22T20:20:00.002-06:00

http://www.cff.org/great_strides/SueMeihls

If this link doesn't work, please copy and paste into your browser.

I am writing to ask for your help and enlist your support. I recently signed up to participate in GREAT STRIDES: Taking Steps to Cure Cystic Fibrosis, which is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s annual, nationwide walk.

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening genetic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system. More than 10 million Americans are symptomless carriers of the defective CF gene. Much progress has been made toward finding a cure for CF, however, the CF Foundation’s work is far from over, as precious young lives continue to be lost to this disease.

I am currently the Clinical Nurse Coordinator for the Intermountain Cystic Fibrosis Center and care for over 200 pediatric patients with CF.

I will be walking on May 16, 2009 in Salt Lake City with a large group of people in honor of all of the individuals affected by CF. Collectively, we would like to raise as much money as possible for vital CF research. I would appreciate a donation from you if your budget allows. Your charitable contribution is 100 percent tax deductible.

Your contribution will enable the CF Foundation to take full advantage of the tremendous opportunities in CF research that are now on the horizon. The path to finding a cure for CF is paved with numerous research opportunities—any one of which could have a profound impact on the lives of those with the disease. The only thing standing in the way of a cure is additional money to fund this life-saving research. Your support allows us to give children and adults with CF the quality of life and future they deserve.

Thank you for supporting this important cause!

Best wishes

Sue Meihls, RN
Clinical Nurse Coordinator
Intermountain CF Center
Primary Children's Medical Center
100 N. Mario Cappechi Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84113

Well heeeeere's March

2009-03-02T15:58:00.002-07:00

Soooo, what's happening in March???

Jay and Dalisa are moving to Knoxville, TN this month :( Hate to see them go, but we'll wish them well in their future work. Now maybe Jay can convince Dalisa NOW is the time to start a family - time will tell.

No one that we know of right now is visiting this month. The snow here is not great. We just haven't had a lot of it this year.

The weather is turning nicer, time to ramp up the training for Escape from Alcatraz. Time to pump up the tires on the bike and try to ride it again - time will tell on that one too. lol :)

That's about it for now.

Dan

Raucci's Visit

2009-02-23T13:18:00.002-07:00

We had our friends out from Crystal Lake this past weekend, Eric Raucci and his 3 kids, his wife chose to stay home :( Then again, a 5 day weekend without husband and kids, hope you had a party to celebrate Terry :)

They started out the visit with a snowboarding trip to Park City, then followed that up Friday with a trip to the Canyons, then Friday Night we all met up at the U and had dinner at The Pie Pizzeria - then headed over to the Women's Gymnastics meet.

Saturday we all went to the Bird, I was working and they all Snowboarded and Skiied, no new powder but still good snow. Sunday they got up and did it again at the Bird, 4 days, 4 Snowboarding trips.

I'm guessing that they're asleep on the plane at this time now.

That's it for now.

It's Monday :(

Dan

Selfish post

2009-02-19T08:32:00.002-07:00

Happy Birthday to me

:)

Had a great birthday with the family, went over to the Mullins for Steak and some garlic smashed potatoes, mmmmm, my favorite, wait, the brownies and ice cream were my favorite, well, all sweets are my favorite...

Next up Sue's Birthday in June. What do I have up my sleeve for this year, stay tuned.

Dan

Where did January go

2009-02-15T18:55:00.002-07:00

It's the middle of February and we just saw Ashley at a party and she asked me when I was going to change the blog, so Ashley, here it is.

We've had a busy year so far. The Kethcart's came out right before Christmas and stayed with us for a few days. Always good to see their family. Our old neighbor came out the week before them, Wilson as he's known, his first time out this way, he moved his daughter to Cripple Creek CO and our home was on his way home ;) Not really, but it's the closest he said he'd get so it was a detour over this way.

Our Niece and her husband, Ashley and Darin came out for their 1st year anniversary a week or so ago, their first trip to UT also, their one goal was met when they saw a moose, actually they saw 3 different moose during their stay. We all hiked over to Firth Water Hot Springs down in Spanish Fork, it was an 4 mile hike from where the road ended down to the Trail Head and then 2.5 miles up to the Hot Springs where our 14 y/o was shocked with the nakedness of the men in the pools up the mtn. Needless to say they had a good time. Sue and I stayed down at the trailhead due to Sue starting her new job the next day and not wanting to be too tired for her 1st day there, more on that later. We hope Ashley and Darin enjoyed their trip out to UT, we enjoyed having them.

Sue started her new job a couple of weeks, ago, she's now the Clinical Nurse Coordinator at the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at Primary Children Med. Center, she's still considered an employee of the University of Utah, so Travis will hopefully use those benefits this fall.

My job at Qwest is going great, my other job at the Bird is going great too, I like the new change in my position up there from Parking to Ski Check, my 3rd job at REI is going well too - too many times I come home with merchandise that people have returned and we can re-sell, however lots of times we buy it before it goes back out on the floor, a nice perk being in frontline.

Our old neighbors the Raucci's are coming out this coming Thursday for 5 days, he's bringing his 3 kids this time, leaving his wife at home. 4 days of Boarding is what they have in store, hope they have a good time.

That's about it for now.

Sue and Dan

From the Meihls Family to yours.....

2008-12-24T19:11:00.003-07:00

Merry Christmas.

Thanksgiving was held at our home this year. The Mullins, Campbells, and Hartness's joined us, 18 in all (including kids). There was tons of food (almost literally) and lots of leftovers were taken home. Games were played and drinks were made.

On November 28th, we celebrated Travis's 18th Birthday. Wow, we now have an 18 year old. I

guess those gray hairs in my head for there for a reason. We couldn't ask for a nicer 18 year old. He also celebrated his 2nd year anniversary at REI, still fixing bikes, tuning and waxing ski's and snowboards.

We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas this year. December has been a very hectic holiday season between kids activities, parties, and out of town guests. Our old neighbor Gregg Wilson from Crystal Lake, IL came out last weekend for a short visit after moving his daughter to Colorado, then just this past weekend the Kethcart's also from Crystal Lake, IL came out to do some skiing at Solitude, Deer Valley, Park City Mountain Resort and Snowbird all in a short time frame. Fun was had by all, Sue got to finally ski Deer Valley and loved it, maybe I'll have to get a job over there too :)

We hope you have a very Merry Christmas and Santa brings you everything you've asked for.

Merry Christmas.

The Meihls Family,

Sue, Dan, Travis, Ali and Justin

To my beautiful wife of 19 years

2008-11-10T21:30:00.001-07:00

Happy Anniversary

Love you

Dan

Fall Colors and a hike

2008-10-27T19:07:00.002-06:00

Decided to take a picture of the fall colors and enter on the blog.

Sue and I woke up Sunday and joined Mark and Lucinda to hike to Stewart Falls down by Sundance Resort in Utah County. The hike was a 3.4 mile hike with only about 400 feet of climbing. It sure felt like more since it's been a while since all of us hiked. Beautiful falls, they'd be a lot nicer in the spring. Can't wait to head back in Spring and compare the 2 pics.

Enjoy Fall and the pic of the deer in our back yard.

Dan

Some miscellaneous items

2008-10-11T16:49:00.003-06:00

Well, it's October 11th and just cleaning a few pics from the camera for the past 2 days.

One is a picture of Travis and his decorated car for the State Golf Tournament. The team ended up taking 9th in State out of the 15 teams. Not bad, but not what the coach really wanted. Travis played good, we're proud of him and where his golf game has come from. Not bad for only playing for the past 2 years. This past Friday, he had his Wisdom teeth taken out so he's feeling nice and groggy about now.

Took off up to Snowbird today for the Hiring Fair. Going to change it up a bit this year and move over to Ski Check with the occasional duty in Parking when they're short. Looking forward to the move, not only does it mean tip $$$ but someone around me that I can actually talk to in the customers, now maybe they just won't all yell in how I treat their ski's :)

Sue just had to take a photo of me in the snow today. the Bird is supposed to get upwards of 16" of snow, don't look for it to last too long, back up to the 70's later this week so it will probably melt off, but at least it's a start. Knowing Alta all too well, they'll probably already say they have a 24" base of snow. Liars!!!

That's it for now.

Dan

Can you believe it..............

2008-10-05T19:46:00.003-06:00

Can you believe it. I can't. They played so well all year and when it comes time to the playoffs, they just didn't have the heart and soul to play. So disappointing. It's the same old adage, 'wait till next year' If it wasn't for Sue's Volleyball team winning both of their games and Justin's lacrosse team splitting a double header, it would have been a total loss for the weekend, at least the kids play with heart.

Oh, by the way, it was supposed to snow in the mountains. Don't know how much, but the moutains were white capped this afternoon, once the clouds moved away. Let it begin.

Ski season is just around the corner. Can't wait to take my lessons up at snowbird this year, I promise to take them and hit the slopes. Hold me to it.

Just in case she's reading, Debbie Kaszniak, HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!

Sue and Dan

It's Golf Time again, not me......

2008-10-01T18:43:00.003-06:00

I have yet to golf this year :(

However, Travis has made it back to State for the Juan Diego Golf Team. He's seeded 4th on his team, quite an accomplishment for a kid that just took up golf a little less than 2 years ago.

His game will be played next Wednesday and if the team makes it to the finals, it'll be on Thursday.

Just in case anyone wants to send him well wishes, his email is soccerkid2810 at aol . com you know the drill with the @ sign an all. I think he really does need to change his email address now that he hasn't played soccer in over 2 years, give him grief on that too.

That's it for now.

Sue and Dan

well what a nice weekend

2008-09-22T16:20:00.002-06:00

Sue and I had a very relaxing weekend.

Kids all went to the Juan Diego vs Judge Football game this past Friday, JD won, woo hooo. We sat around the house till late when Marketta came over with a bottle of Champagne to celebrate.

Saturday was the REI garage sale, got a few "steals" there, some trekking poles, new shoes for 9.83 and a new shirt for under 5.00, after that Sue and I took off for the Real Salt Lake game, the final game at Rice Eccles Stadium. We took Trax down, had dinner at Z'tejas and then over to the rainy game. We miss the kids playing soccer :( RSL lost on a weird play where the goalie and his own player collided and the other team took the ball and scored. Anyway, good to get away for the night.

Sunday was a nice lazy day, grocery shopping, clothes shopping, etc. etc.

We need to get back to hiking and camping. Hopefully the snow comes quick and we'll be up skiing in no time. Make your reservations now to come out to the "greatest snow on earth"

till next time.

Dan

where have we been........

2008-09-08T21:17:00.002-06:00

We've basically been missing in action the past 2 weeks, sorry for not updating the blog.

Lots of things going on. We've gone to Larry and Denna's Margaritaville 3 weekends ago, that was a good time, needless to say, we heard thru the policevine that Leo called the cops on that party too. What a party pooper. Leo, if you're reading. Please, let it go. You're not making it very neighborly around here. Soooo, the party ended and we all went home.

Then last weekend, we were camping up in the Unita Mountains over Labor Day, same camp spot as last time and same turnout in people with the addition of Brandon and girls, minus Kristi who was stuck in LA with the hurricane coming thru. Glad to hear she got home safely. Same camp spot, same problem - RAIN, although we lucked out with the snow, it snowed at approx 9,000 feet, we were at 7800, so we were close. I put a thermometer in the tent, when Sue and I went to bed, it was 55 in the tent, when we woke up it was 45. We weren't cold though, that's the testament to our gear from REI. Can't wait to go camping later this fall, hopefully where the snow is falling.

This past weekend Maria O'brien had a party. More of a party because the economy sucks. Lots of appetizers and drinks. Lots of Real estate people complaining about the economy, me included.

What else has happened???? Well, this house is now full of teenagers............Justin turned 13 on Saturday the 6th, for those of you that called, thanks, Justin appreciated it. Justin is 13, Ali, still 13 till the 24th of this month and Travis turns 18 on November 28th, so all of our kids are now teenagers. You can tell when you see me, lots more gray hair. oh well, they're great kids and we're lucky to have them.

That's about it for now.

Pictures later, when i figure out which ones I need to put on.

Carry on.

Add'l Pics

2008-08-25T15:36:00.002-06:00

Corner Canyon Fire

2008-08-25T13:12:00.002-06:00

Today, it's all about the kids

2008-08-18T08:11:00.004-06:00

Wow

Can you believe that Sue and I now have a Senior in High School. Seems like just yesterday that we sent him off to Kindergarten and now look at him. Kind of brings tears to our eyes.

Anyway...................

Travis is now a Senior at Juan Diego, he plays on the golf team and still works p/t at REI, he's been at REI now since he was 16 so we sure hope that looks good on his College Application when he starts applying soon. As best we can tell, it's looking like the University of Utah for him, since Sue still works for the University, it's hard to pass up the 50% discount that he'll get for Sue's hard work there. Golf season is underway and Travis has played in one tournament so far. He continues to do well in golf and we hope he continues to improve thru out the season and make it to state once again.

Ali is now in 8th grade at St. John the Baptist Middle School. Typical teenager Ali has turned out to be. She plays Volleyball and Basketball. Sue is the coach for Ali's team, Sue never played Volleyball yet she's an excellent coach. Ali has kept busy all summer babysitting for the mothers in the area.

Justin is now in 7th grade. Soon we'll have everyone in their teens, Justin turns 13 on September 6th, once again for those 18 days we get to remind Ali that her brother is the same age as her, she just hates that :) Justin plays Fall and Spring Lacrosse and in the winter he plays Basketball. His sport is truly Lacrosse as it has been since we moved her 2.5 years ago. His summer consisted of Xbox Live, what did we get ourselves into when that was purchased.

Our kids bring us joy each and every day, the normal frustrations are there, but in the big picture, they are great kids and we're sure lucky to have them.

Good luck in school for them this year, we love you.

Dan & Sue

Donut Falls

2008-08-11T08:21:00.003-06:00

Last week home for the kids before they go back to school, wooo hoooo. There's a certain point where you can just tell that they need a break from each other and that time has come.

This weekend we headed down to the farmers market in Salt Lake, always a good time to pick up some fresh vege's. Last weekend's take from there was some tomatoes and jalapeno peppers, I made fresh salsa Friday afternoon, Sue loved it so I must have done something right. This weekend we bought some of the same plus some fresh squash and yellow banana peppers. The Mullins joined us this time, their first trip down to the Market, they enjoyed it as much as we did.

Saturday night we took off and went down to the SL Bees game, the AAA affiliate of the Angels, it's always a treat to head down there, good baseball for cheap prices.

Sunday our chosen hike was to Donut falls, I hadn't been there yet, however Sue and Justin had so they showed me the way, nice easy hike. The Dvorak's and Mullins joined us on this trek.

We started watching the Olympics, have you. I can't say if I like the Winter ones or the Summer ones better? Your choice?

Have a great week everyone.

Dan

Mill B North Hike

2008-08-04T07:49:00.003-06:00

Hello all,

A relatively quiet weekend just passed. I took Travis to the airport on Friday to fly to Chicago to attend the Baptism of Sue's Brothers latest child, Morgan, Travis is her new Godfather!

Saturday morning Sue and I awoke to head down to the Salt Lake Farmers Market to get some fresh Vege's and fruit. If you haven't gone down there yet, try to make it down, well worth the trip, quite a variety of items to choose from. Saturday night we went over to Matt/Tori's to attend their BBQ for the season, lots of Neighbors were there, didn't last too long though.

Sunday morning we went to Church and got home afterwards and changed clothes to take off to hike up Mill B Fork North Trail. Justin went with us this time, what a time he had lol complaining that his legs hurt, etc. Our climb was only 1 mile long and only about 850 of elevation gain, gorgeous views from the lookout that we got to. It's a definite climb to do just for the views. We saw a few firepits along the way up so expect to find a blog listing saying that we camped up there :)

Travis comes home today (Monday), he's had quite the whirlwind trip from all the texts we've been exchanging.

Have a great week!

Dan & Sue

Uinta Mountain Camping

2008-07-28T08:42:00.002-06:00

Our first camping trip up to the Uinta's. Took off Friday after work and drove up to meet with the Schmidt's and their friends. No true camp site was available so they found a few sites along the road. That's typical up in the Uinta's. The site they found was right next to a little stream, very cool to hear the water running throughout the trip.

Friday night was gorgeous with cool temps. Saturday we took off after a feast of a breakfast up to the Provo River Falls, the water falls were nice and cool, or should I say cold.

As you can see from the pics, we all had a good time.

Saturday afternoon was a little warm and muggy, around 3-4 p.m. the rain moved in and didn't necessarily drench us but was a consistent little shower. Dinner was not easy to prepare as the rain kept coming down. We gravitated to our tents around 8:30 or so and basically called it a night. Ali and Brooke and Justin sat around by the fire with the others, the rain slowed a bit so they could sit outside.

Sunday awoke with not a cloud in the sky and things had dried out, considering we do live in the desert, that's not hard to understand.

Can't wait to do this trip again, now that we realize you don't need reservations to just plop your tent along side of the road.

Travis worked most of the weekend so he was unable to join us. His Senior year is approaching fast. His senior pictures are today. wow, hard to believe it's coming so fast.

carry on.

Sue and Dan

Happy Pioneer Day

2008-07-25T08:27:00.003-06:00

We celebrated the Utah Pioneer Day by getting out of the valley up to Alta Ski area to do some hiking.

We chose the Lake Catherine Pass route, started out at the Sunnyside Parking area and walked approx 1.5 miles up to the Pass, overlooking Lake Catherine. Lucinda and Cierra joined Sue, me and Justin. It was a fairly easy hike, only 800' elevation gain over 1.5 miles, a few places were more steep than others, but overall a fairly easy hike.

After Justin, Cierra and Lucinda headed down, Sue and I took off higher up to Sunset Peak, the sign said it was .3 miles up, but we truly don't know if we made it or not, our GPS showed we went .5 miles and we didn't see any signs.

On the way down, we ran into a group of young girls coming from Brighton Ski Resort, they were on their 4th peak of the day heading to hit the 7 peaks in the area. Looks like something we'll need to do one day. From what we could tell, you hit the peaks that surround some of Alta and Brighton basically circling you back to Brighton.

On to our next adventure today, camping up in the Uintah's with NO reservations or campsite chosen, we know about where we want to go but we may just end up along side the road throwing our tent down. More on that when we return.

Enjoy the weekend.

Sue and Dan

The weekend of parties

2008-07-21T09:23:00.001-06:00

Well it all started out on Thursday. Larry and Denna had a little get together for Marketta's Birthday, that lasted a couple of hours, later Sue and I get home and sit out on the porch, Sue had had a glass or 3 of wine and was feeling "good" when Steve across the street invited us over to sit out on their deck. I truly don't know if Steve invited or Sue invited us over, oh well, well that lasted till around 1 a.m. pheww, time to get some sleep.

Friday night brought us to a little get together with the Mannix's, Justin's lacrosse coach. We didnt' make it that long there, sorry Dan and Karrie, they walked over to the Equestrian Center in Draper for the Draper Days Rodeo, when they walked over, we went home. A good time was had for such a short time too though.

Saturday took us to the Dvorak's down the street for Beckman's 1st Birthday, wow, to have kids that young again :) Always good to get together with the neighbors and their families, great party Eric and Tiffany!!

Sue's former Clinic 6 girls (University of Utah Clinic 6) :) Ashley/Lindsey, notice that it's University of Utah Clinic 6, no trademark :) had a party planned for Saturday night at Lindsey's house. Good time to see everyone that she used to work with, most of them have moved on to other departments so they always have a good time reminiscing......

After that party we went over to Ann's house to finish up the evening. Ann had a get together for Marketta's birthday too. We didn't last long as we were wiped out.

Sunday came and the Draper Pool was calling us again, lasted only about 2 hours as there was lightning and rain in the area, went home and got ready for Harriet's 2nd Birthday party at the Howarth's, always a good time to go over there and feast.

Sunday night, went to bed early :)

We're partied out for a while, well at least until Thursday when we head to the Hartness's for the Gumbo party for Pioneer Day. For those that arent' from around Utah, Pioneer day is a celebration here for the Mormon Pioneers that settled here in Utah. I guess this is the day, oh well, it's just a day off of work for MOST of Utah, don't worry about the separation of Church and State, that doesn't apply here.

:) Enjoy your week.

Wow, we're tired

2008-07-12T20:34:00.003-06:00

So we got this great thought about heading up to Snowbird and taking the Tram or Peruvian Express up and hiking down. Well, our season passes aren't good for the stuff in the summer, so it was a quick change of plans, why don't we just hike up and take the lift down. No fee if you hike up and do that, we had some water and snacks, surrrrre let's do it.

About 3/4 the way up we ran into a Snowbird worker, he could tell that we were tired, he asked if we had water, we replied that we were down to our last bottle, he pointed to a spot that we had just passed and said that water is from a Spring, it's good to drink. Thank god Ali and Justin headed back down and filled up the water bottles we had, we wouldn't have made it up without those.

3 hours later we climbed on to the Peruvian Lift for the ride down. Can you say TIRED!!!

2415 Elevation feet gain, we went from 8100' to 10,515' . Can you also say out of breath most of the way, damn.

Anyway, I think we'll lay by the pool tomorrow and REST!!!!

Carry on.

July 4th Weekend

2008-07-07T09:25:00.002-06:00

We took off early July 4th up to Bear Lake, Garden City, Utah, a stop on the Amazing Race Season 8th Family Edition. They stayed at Bear Lake State Park, Rendevous Beach, right where we were planning on staying, what a coincidence :)

Thanks to the Campbells for opening up the land in their camping site so that we could pitch a couple of tents to hang out.

Bear Lake is huge, approx 22 miles long and 8 miles wide at the widest point, crystal blue water and fairly cold. Everyone enjoyed the water. Tom/Lisa took their kayaks up and everyone had a blast with those. The beach's sand is nice and very compactable so that you can build sandcastles. The boys had Tom bury them up to their necks and we all enjoyed adding our own little touches to their "physiques".

The weather was beautiful with high's in the 80's and lows in the 50's, great sleeping weather. We all got to experience the famous Raspberry shakes that Bear Lake is known for, well worth the trip, but then again, when haven't the Meihls' ever NOT enjoyed any kind of ice cream.

Cooking out on the fire was fun this trip. We hadn't done that in a while so it was nice to get back in the swing of things.

Sue was still on cloud 9 after having registered for Survivor, we're still keeping our fingers crossed for her to get a phone call back for an additional interview.....

Well it appears as though Summer is now half way over, where has the time gone.

Stay tuned, obviously we have many more short trips that'll come up.

Sue and Dan

Survivor Casting Call

2008-07-03T15:41:00.003-06:00

A buddy of mine (Dave Benson) drove by yesterday and said that there were already 4 people in line at Famous Dave's so Justin and I rounded up our packs and some snacks and headed out to "camp out" at the restaurant to be near the front of the line for Sue to get her interview in.

Needless to say, we were the last to arrive at the site until approx 5:30 a.m. in which about 2 more people showed up. It wasn't until approx 9:00 or so that it even made it to double digits, oh well, we could have just stayed home and wondered......

In my true fashion I was speaking with the other people in front of me and found out that they hadn't yet applied for their passport. I advised them that it was on the list of things to bring, they shrugged it off and went about their merry way. When it came time on Thursday to start the line off, the employees that were running it let everyone know that if they didn't have that information that they wouldn't be allowed to register. Sue was now in the FRONT of the line, wooo hoooo, well, Justin and I were but we were holding it for her.

Sue arrived right on time and completed the required video and handed in her book that Ali had graciously prepared for her.

Here's keeping our fingers crossed that Sue will get the call to come back and be one of the 800 that's invited back for a 1 on 1 interview.

That's it for now, will advise later once we hear.

Have a great 4th of July.

Friday Nights Climb

2008-06-29T08:25:00.003-06:00

Friday Justin and his friend Ryan Schlehuber went over to Momentum Indoor rock climbing and had a blast. So we thought the girls could go over Friday night too and join them. Niki, thanks for watching them all day on Friday. I owe you.

We were joined by the Dvorak's down the street, Tiffany said that it had been 6 years since she's climbed, it looked like 2 days and Niki and Ryan Schlehuber.

Pizza and beer afterwards was awarded to all, well except the kids.

Carry on.

Dan

Holy Shit, Survivor here she comes

2008-06-27T17:57:00.002-06:00

West Jordan, UTKUTVThursday, July 3, Noon - 4pmFamous Dave’s Restaurant7273 Plaza Center Drive,West Jordan, UT 84084For more info, please go to http://www.kutv.com/.

Hopefully Sue will be able to take some time off on Thursday to attend the Casting Call.

We're trying to call in all of our favors to hopefully get to the front of the line. It pays off to know people!!!!

Can't wait to report back on this.

Dan

a few more pics from this weekend

2008-06-24T11:21:00.004-06:00

Just a few of the waterfalls and a few of the little rock climbs we had to encounter on the Sulpher Creek Route in Capitol Reef National Park.

If you ever get the chance to go, you must do the Sulpher Creek Route, it's not a trail per the National Park Service, don't know why but maybe because of the difficulty and climbing that you have to do. If the water level was normal, we would have had to waded in about 3 feet of water in some parts a family was telling us.

Enjoy

Dan & Sue

Our little mini get away

2008-06-23T08:08:00.003-06:00

Last Thursday Sue and I took off with a hiking group out of Salt Lake City down to Capitol Reef National Park to do some hiking and some camping.

We had a great time, the weather was perfect. Not too hot, not too cold.

We got about 15 miles of hiking in, with the best hike on Saturday. It was the Sulfur Creek Route in Capitol Reef. It consisted of approx 7-8 miles of trails meandering in and out of the creek with 3 waterfalls that we had to climb down to continue on the trail. Sue obviously has no problems as she loves climbing and jumping over rocks, but yours truly doesn't really appreciate heights so it was something that I overcame with time and each waterfall that we encountered. The largest drop was approx 10 feet with the last remaining waterfall being approx 8 feet down but to get down that it didn't require climbing but sitting on your butt in the water and sliding down the fall to reach the pool of water. Pictures of this will be later as I didn't take the good camera but the disposable camera and it's in getting developed.

Enjoy the other pictures, Capitol Reef is a beautiful park that's not crowded at all.

The drive down and back was beautiful that took you thru small Utah towns with some great scenery.

On to our next adventure........

Sue and Dan

Video from Sue's Birthday Party

2008-06-23T08:06:00.001-06:00

http://media.myfoxutah.com/bbqwithjodi/index.html

Scroll down to the box that shows Meihls Residence 6/10/08

Enjoy.

80's Party

2008-06-15T10:29:00.002-06:00

Saturday night brought Ann O'Brien's annual traditional 80's party back to Gavin Circle after a 2 year hiatus. A good time was had by all, especially since Leo/Jenna her next door neighbors couldn't get their daughter to sleep (allegedly) because of the noise, so at midnight the cops were called and the party came to a quiet stop.

As for the noise, yes, it was there, but not overly loud. Not like being awoken at 6:00 a.m. with Leo's landscape workers moving big boulders in to their back yard. I tried reasoning with Leo to no avail. He chose to get the law involved.

It reminds me of when Sue and I lived back in Crystal Lake and one of the first block parties was way out of control (reason being a keg that a few of us went in on) and needless to say ,we were ALL loud, well, our neighbors thought it would be funny to list our house, For Sale By Neighbors. ahhh, the good ole days.

Dan

Sue's Birthday Party

2008-06-11T07:52:00.002-06:00

Yesterday was Sue's Birthday party. Why you ask do you have a party on a "not so special" year of parties? Well, Jodi Saeland from Fox 13 News came over to do the weather and when I originally emailed her asking to host one of the BBQ's that she goes out to weekly, she asked me what the special occasion was, so I chose Sue's Birthday.

We ended up having over 50 people show up. Lee had the Margarita machine going, thanks Lee for helping out. Mark and Jarrett took over the grill from me once Jodi arrived, thanks Mark and Jarrett for taking that task on. Thanks for everyone cleaning up once the News was done. It's sure appreciated.

Our one special guest didn't make it :( I had emailed Todd Herzog, the Survivor China winner, he just lives down the road about 15 minutes, I had asked if there was a way he could make an appearance, he responded to me yes, about 2 hours before the party was to begin, he emailed me asking for the time, I responded and thought for sure he would have shown up, but nope, didn't make it :( One day we'll get to meet as you all know what kind of Survivor fans we are.

Needless to say, it was a great time even for a Tuesday evening party. Thanks for all the showed up and celebrated with us and hope you all had a great time.

Sue and Dan

Where is Summer?

2008-06-08T19:40:00.004-06:00

I know it's only June 7-8th but please, give us some warm weather (i know I'll be saying differently come July). We had planned on going up to Tanners Flat camping but the cold weather kept us away so we decided to make the best of it with a little campfire outside. Had plenty of neighbors, the Howarth's, Campbells and the O'Brien kids all sitting around making 'mallow's and s'mores.

The fire was burning bright till about Midnight when we all decided to call it a night.

Travis and Justin headed to Snowbird Sunday morning to get a ride in on the mountain then over to River Bend Golf Course for a rematch with Mark Mullins, I guess Mark got the best of Travis (this time anyway) so i'm sure another rematch will be imminent.

Sue's Birthday is this Tuesday, we'll definitely have plenty of pictures then as we have Fox 13 Weather person Jodi Saeland coming out to our home to do the weather Tuesday Night. We're planning on about 30 people showing up so if you're one of them, see you Tuesday for the BBQ.

Sue and Dan

Was this the last day of May and the First of June?

2008-06-02T08:29:00.002-06:00

What a gorgeous weekend we just had. Weather was perfect. Started out the weekend with Justin's Lacrosse games, they had a double header, two wins was the outcome. Now, this Tuesday is the final LAX game for the season and a season ending party on Thursday.

Saturday night headed out with the Howarth's to Indiana Jones movie. First time we've seen any of the series, good movie, sometimes a little corny, but from what I hear, that's normal. After the movie, headed over to Asian Star for some dinner, 2 firsts for the Meihls this weekend, nice place the Asian Star was. It's always better when you have a great waitress, which we did.

Sunday morning, Sue and I headed to church, after church, we bolted back home to get her ski's and Justin who was going to snowboard with her. Ali tagged along and while Sue and Justin hit the slopes, Ali and I had some bonding time (she was texting mostly) at breakfast at the Forklift Lodge up at Snowbird. Afterwards, headed back home to get the swim suits on to head to the Draper pool, yes, skiing and swimming in the same day :)

Sunday night turned into a BBQ at the Howarth's backyard, needless to say, we always have a good time at their BBQ's.

This next week looks like a busy one. Can't wait!!

Stay tuned.

The Meihls'

Moab 2008

2008-05-27T09:36:00.002-06:00

Memorial Day Weekend 2008

We ventured down to Moab Utah, 4 wheel drive capital of somewhere they say. Well we were delayed a bit thru Spanish Fork canyon due to a deadly accident, finally got down to Moab at 11:00 p.m. Just in time to hit the sack. Saturday's trip was planned out to be white water rafting on the Colorado River. Our guide Carly wasn't in such good shape, 1/2 way thru the trip, she ended up throwing up in the boat. Not such a good thing to do when the boat doesn't have a drain, nonetheless, we made the best of it. The River was running the fastest it's ran since 1983 they said. Not a lot of rapids as the river was simply too high, oh well. Next time!!

Our vacation was spent with the Benson's. We had planned on hiking in Arches National Park the next day. Sunday we awoke to nice cool temps and not a cloud in the sky. Got started in Arches at around 10:00 or so, the crowds were enormous, although given Arches size, not a lot of people on the trails that we ran across. Hiked up to Landscape arch first. Gorgeous arch, then up to Partition Arch, took some family pics and back down to the parking lot. The Park Ranger showed up next to our cars, lo and behold it wasn't for us, but the cars that were parking illegally close to us. As the Ranger was standing there, I asked her if they had any campsites available for this evening. We didn't make hotel reservations for Sunday night because we didn't know if we'd stay. Well they did have 2 sites available. So I rode over with the Ranger to the campground to put the paperwork in for the site. The Benson's took off at this time. Dave came down the previous Tuesday and rode his bike (unsupported) from Fruita CO down to Moab, UT, a 100+ mile trip, good job Dave!! His friend Jessie and his girlfriend Lou stayed behind with us as we ventured over to our next hike.

Delicate Arch, what can you say other than WOW!! What a beautiful arch and a gorgeous hike up to see it. Although I do believe it's higher than a 480' elevation gain as they say on their paperwork. Our GPS Navigator Justin didn't bring it along on this hike.

Back to the campground to pick up our car then out to eat, what a meal that was at Pasta Jay's. Great to spend time with Jessie and Lou.

Now on to the fun of the campground. Arches is set up beautifully. Our site # was #1, set off from the rest of the campground around all the rocks. Got our tents set up and sleeping bags thrown in and the boys started the fire. Words can't describe the atmosphere around the area. While we were setting up camp a lone deer showed up and just looked around and walked off. Again, gorgeous.

Got up Monday and broke down camp and headed home. ahhh, our own bed and pillows.

Kids are off school now so let the summer begin.

The Meihls

Some recent pictures of this weekend's trip up Big Cottonwood Canyon

2008-05-21T09:14:00.006-06:00

Wow, welcome to the world of Blogging

2008-05-21T07:54:00.001-06:00

Can't wait to figure this all out.

Stay tuned.

Dan