For Fun

Full disclosure - I haven't filled out a survey since first year in college. This is for Jen (and for fun):

Four jobs I've had:

1. Radiological Procedure Scheduler
2. Assistant Set Designer
3. Ballet Teacher
4. Electrician

Four movies I've watched more than once:

1. The Fifth Element

2. Finding Nemo

3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

4. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

Four places I've lived:

1. Orange County, CA

2. Los Angeles, CA

3. Telluride, CO

4. New York, NY

Four places I've been:

1. Budapest, Hungary

2. Berlin, Germany

3. Cuzco, Peru

4. Leiden, Holland

Four TV shows I watch:

1. The Colbert Report

2. Dexter

3. 30 Rock

4. Extras

Four people who email me regularly:

1. Cheryl

2. Damon

3. Linda

4. JKLD looking for more electricians

Four of my favorite foods:

1. Bacon, egg, and cheese sandwiches

2. Truffled potatoes from Lil Pig Market

3. Tom kha gai and curry puffs

4. Guacamole from La Taqueria

Four places I would like to visit:

1. Angkor Wat, Cambodia

2. Wherever they film Ninja Warrior, Japan

3. Mt. Roraimi, Venezuela

4. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia (Salar '09! Who's in?)

Four things I'm looking forward to in the coming year:

1. Visiting Paul and Jenny in England

2. Pina Bausch coming back to BAM

3. My trip to Italy

4. The next Pub Night NY

People I've tagged (to do this too):
1. Sam
2. Josh

Upper Calf Creek Falls

A turnoff from the Hogback on Hwy 12 brings you to the trailhead for Upper Calf Creek Falls. There's a lovely Lower Calf Creek Falls as well, but the campsite this summer was crawling with people and we wanted something a little less crowded. While not quite as spectacular, Upper Calf Creek was a fun way to cool off. The trail leads to the falls themselves, which at 90 feet is nothing to sneeze at. Above the falls are smaller cliffs, more suitable to jumping into the freezing water below.No 4th of July fireworks due to the wildfires, but I barely noticed.

Burr Trail

We found this rabbit on a hike down Deer Creek. Supposedly if you follow the creek toward the Escalante River far enough, there are Indian petroglyphs in the cliffs by the water.

A giant tree of unknown species (a botanist I am not) loomed over the campsite across the way and its fallen branches provided our evening entertainment. We met a college kid named Sam from Northern California who, on his three week solo camping adventure, was starting to go a little lonely and crazy. He was the only other person in our campground for days, so he would come over with his ax and chop firewood and we would all sit around the fire until the stars came out. One afternoon we caught a brilliant sunset whose colors culminated behind the tree.Deer Creek is located off the Burr Trail, a partially paved fifty mile adventure that leads from Boulder, UT through the Waterpocket Fold of Capitol Reef and on to the Bullfrog Marina at Lake Powell. Tim and I took the motorcycles through their paces, including some extremely demanding switchbacks. We met some guys from Illinois on BMW 1200 GS's. One of them accidentally tipped his bike over and, though it didn't get far with all the luggage to hold it up, it was unbelievably heavy to pick up. The graded dirt part of the trail just seemed to go on and on, so we rode until it started to cloud over and came home under gray skies.