Yesterday I got a call when I woke up at noon and it was from my sister Emily. She said "Hey do you wanna hike timp?" "Uh....when?" "Like 2:30" "Uh..... you know that takes all day right?" "We'll bring flashlights." So that's how I got dragged into this insanity. So we ended up started at like 3:30. It was sunny and warm and generally pleasant. Spirits were high and the hike was going well. We kept getting conflicting reports about how long it was to the summit. So we didn't really know what to expect. Well long story short it ended up taking A LOT longer than we though. We got to this one point were there were tons of rocks and we all rolled our ankles and it was jolly fun. We saw some mountain goats. I hate those things. Well we got to the top right after the sun went down so it was still really gorgeous albeit very very windy. I wish I had a real camera so you could tell. But it was really fun. Then when we walked down it was really cool because it was dark and we used the moonlight for most the time except were we went over the rocks again that kinda sucked. it was all fun until about hour 2.5 of the ascent. We thought we'd be done by then and everything looked unfamiliar so we got a little worried for a bit but we eventually got to the bottom. It was very tiring and Emily almost rolled off a cliff once but I saved her. I couldn't walk after that but it was an "experience" and if anything my legs are slightly stronger.
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| The beginning |
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| Partway Up |
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| The summit |
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| Provo at night |
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| The Pass |
Funny thing; 65% of Antropology majors become professors. That means a majority of the people who learn the subject just go on to teach more people about it who will only go on to teach other people. It's a vicious circle.
Last Saturday my Honors Writing class had lunch at my teachers house, Rebecca Clarke, and she gave us a tour of her house. It was very interesting. One of the rooms was originally a log cabin built in 1867, she said it's the second oldest standing building in the area. Living in the house was like a puzzle, they kept discovering secrets like rooms that were buried underground and windows and doors that had been covered and lots of old tools hidden in the dirt. It was a very cool house.
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| This rock says "In Provo We Trust 1899' They found it when remodeling their house |
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| This was a pond where a two year old died almost a century ago |
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| I caught a snake! |
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| Their walls had 7 layers of different wallpaper |
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| And they have a half-pipe |
The seven layers of wallpaper bring back a few memories of our Provo house. That's random that they have a half pipe! Cool adventures Cam!
ReplyDeleteFascinating! I love reading your posts.
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