details on the trip visit Kelsie's blog here . I wish I could spend the whole summer doing what we did at Powell and live the good life but alas, one must work to get through life. School would make one believe that you must confine yourself to the ideas that society has established to be "normal", I try and push away from those ideas sometimes. Since I can't live on a boat all summer and I have to work in Logan, my friend Eric and I decided to live in a tent all summer. We are currently located somewhere up Logan Canyon if you would like to visit us. It has been a lot of fun so far. I only hate taking my tent up and down all of the time but I've given up on that for the most part too. It is really refreshing to go to bed and wake up to the sounds of nature. Everyone thinks we are crazy but they don't get to wake up to the sounds of a river and birds every morning and on top of all that we get awesome views and fresh air. My point being, all of you should be jealous of us. It has been raining the past couple of days but our tents have held up well. We have had to become somewhat more opportunistic since we do not have a refrigerator or cooking devices. I go to work early in the morning to change into my uniform and to brew up some oatmeal before work starts. I try and make it to the gym to use the shower before the end of the day also. Since cooking can be a hassle we also have looked for anyways to get a free meal every once in a while. Yesterday while we were shaving in the school bathroom we saw that there was a big event going on in the Ballroom that was being catered. Seeing the opportunity we decided we would change and attend the event (whatever it was) but upon further inspection we realized it was an awards ceremony for the Cache County Sheriff's departments and everyone was dressed in their fatigues. We decided that this event would not be a good one to impersonate at. Not giving up however, we saw that a wedding reception was going on in the same building. This was something that we could do. So we went to our cars got our church clothes and changed in the institute. We then went to the reception where we enjoyed a lot of good food and beverage and entertaining conversation with older people. "My name was Brent Richardson and I was from Sandy. I knew the groom from our student ward on campus." We were counselled about life and we talked about other people's professions and families. After we were fully satisfied we left, but now without first filling up some baggies with candy. On our way to the elevator I began speaking with an older gentlemen. I commented on his tie. It was pretty neat. He then went on to brag about how it cost him $2.50 at Kohls. He reminisced about how he and his wife 50 years ago this September where married in the Logan Temple also. He was the grooms Grandpa of course. He then said he was glad his grandson had such good friends (referring to us) to which I politely said, thank you. At this point I felt a tinge of guilt and it was time to get to the elevator. Thus concluded the andvetures for one day in the life of a classy vagabond. Until the near future...
Thursday, May 19, 2011
The Andventures Begin
School is out and it's time to party without that guilty conscience that you should be doing something else that is "more important" all of the time! While I do have a job or two I now, I finally have time to do the thing I really want to do! To start the summer off I got to go to Lake Powell with my fam and my good friend Kelsie. It was a riot to say the least and despite the cold water we had an amazing time. For more details on the trip visit Kelsie's blog here . I wish I could spend the whole summer doing what we did at Powell and live the good life but alas, one must work to get through life. School would make one believe that you must confine yourself to the ideas that society has established to be "normal", I try and push away from those ideas sometimes. Since I can't live on a boat all summer and I have to work in Logan, my friend Eric and I decided to live in a tent all summer. We are currently located somewhere up Logan Canyon if you would like to visit us. It has been a lot of fun so far. I only hate taking my tent up and down all of the time but I've given up on that for the most part too. It is really refreshing to go to bed and wake up to the sounds of nature. Everyone thinks we are crazy but they don't get to wake up to the sounds of a river and birds every morning and on top of all that we get awesome views and fresh air. My point being, all of you should be jealous of us. It has been raining the past couple of days but our tents have held up well. We have had to become somewhat more opportunistic since we do not have a refrigerator or cooking devices. I go to work early in the morning to change into my uniform and to brew up some oatmeal before work starts. I try and make it to the gym to use the shower before the end of the day also. Since cooking can be a hassle we also have looked for anyways to get a free meal every once in a while. Yesterday while we were shaving in the school bathroom we saw that there was a big event going on in the Ballroom that was being catered. Seeing the opportunity we decided we would change and attend the event (whatever it was) but upon further inspection we realized it was an awards ceremony for the Cache County Sheriff's departments and everyone was dressed in their fatigues. We decided that this event would not be a good one to impersonate at. Not giving up however, we saw that a wedding reception was going on in the same building. This was something that we could do. So we went to our cars got our church clothes and changed in the institute. We then went to the reception where we enjoyed a lot of good food and beverage and entertaining conversation with older people. "My name was Brent Richardson and I was from Sandy. I knew the groom from our student ward on campus." We were counselled about life and we talked about other people's professions and families. After we were fully satisfied we left, but now without first filling up some baggies with candy. On our way to the elevator I began speaking with an older gentlemen. I commented on his tie. It was pretty neat. He then went on to brag about how it cost him $2.50 at Kohls. He reminisced about how he and his wife 50 years ago this September where married in the Logan Temple also. He was the grooms Grandpa of course. He then said he was glad his grandson had such good friends (referring to us) to which I politely said, thank you. At this point I felt a tinge of guilt and it was time to get to the elevator. Thus concluded the andvetures for one day in the life of a classy vagabond. Until the near future...
details on the trip visit Kelsie's blog here . I wish I could spend the whole summer doing what we did at Powell and live the good life but alas, one must work to get through life. School would make one believe that you must confine yourself to the ideas that society has established to be "normal", I try and push away from those ideas sometimes. Since I can't live on a boat all summer and I have to work in Logan, my friend Eric and I decided to live in a tent all summer. We are currently located somewhere up Logan Canyon if you would like to visit us. It has been a lot of fun so far. I only hate taking my tent up and down all of the time but I've given up on that for the most part too. It is really refreshing to go to bed and wake up to the sounds of nature. Everyone thinks we are crazy but they don't get to wake up to the sounds of a river and birds every morning and on top of all that we get awesome views and fresh air. My point being, all of you should be jealous of us. It has been raining the past couple of days but our tents have held up well. We have had to become somewhat more opportunistic since we do not have a refrigerator or cooking devices. I go to work early in the morning to change into my uniform and to brew up some oatmeal before work starts. I try and make it to the gym to use the shower before the end of the day also. Since cooking can be a hassle we also have looked for anyways to get a free meal every once in a while. Yesterday while we were shaving in the school bathroom we saw that there was a big event going on in the Ballroom that was being catered. Seeing the opportunity we decided we would change and attend the event (whatever it was) but upon further inspection we realized it was an awards ceremony for the Cache County Sheriff's departments and everyone was dressed in their fatigues. We decided that this event would not be a good one to impersonate at. Not giving up however, we saw that a wedding reception was going on in the same building. This was something that we could do. So we went to our cars got our church clothes and changed in the institute. We then went to the reception where we enjoyed a lot of good food and beverage and entertaining conversation with older people. "My name was Brent Richardson and I was from Sandy. I knew the groom from our student ward on campus." We were counselled about life and we talked about other people's professions and families. After we were fully satisfied we left, but now without first filling up some baggies with candy. On our way to the elevator I began speaking with an older gentlemen. I commented on his tie. It was pretty neat. He then went on to brag about how it cost him $2.50 at Kohls. He reminisced about how he and his wife 50 years ago this September where married in the Logan Temple also. He was the grooms Grandpa of course. He then said he was glad his grandson had such good friends (referring to us) to which I politely said, thank you. At this point I felt a tinge of guilt and it was time to get to the elevator. Thus concluded the andvetures for one day in the life of a classy vagabond. Until the near future...
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