True vacation stories. Bro.

-I took lots of pictures of what I thought were silly warning signs. Seems people actually do die from falling into a geyser or getting gored by a bison. I got within 3 yards of a bison, nothing happened. I walked off trail and up to a geyser. Nothing happened. I jumped over a retaining wall to a cliff edge to take pictures. Nothing happened. I still did my thing, but man, the thought of being boiled alive in a sulpherous geyser gives me the willies.

-My parents were hippies. Now they are pretty conservative. But still, who else but the child of hippies would hear, "what did you do to your hair?!?! Don't come back again until you have longer hair!!" and I don't think she was but 1/4 joking. Nothing about looking more healthy or fit. Nothing about having grown a beard. Just that I had short hair.

-Utards. So there I was bemoaning the idiocy of the average Utah driver when one of Hurricane City's finest pulls me over for 62mph in a 45mph. When asked if I knew why he pulled me over I said yes and when he asked if I knew I was going that fast I said yes, all very friendly and plainly. When I'm caught I'm caught. Besides, I haven't had a speeding ticket in 8 years so I was due one. (the last one I was going 126mph in a 65 and was cited for 88mph) This time my fine was $99 as he wrote it for 55 in a 45, so pretty cheap if you ask me.

-Mexican food. Having lived in either Arizona or California for the past 13 years I love Mexican food. Good, real Mexican food. If you go into a place and all the workers are white, leave.(i'm talking to YOU st george!) Trust me, I knew this and still didn't. Ugh. Thankfully I found Don Miguel in Cedar City!! Perfecto y sabrosa! Btw Utards, Cafe Rio is not "good" Mexican food.

-Highs and lows. The lowest temperature in the past week was in Jackson Wyoming reading 28F in a 35mph wind, for a felt temp of -6F!!! A gas stop in Baker on the way home showed a high of 104F. This vacation is turning into a western hemisphere version of last summer's vacation in lots of ways.

-Vacation repeats itself. Last summer was a week in Israel and a week long road trip around Norway. This summer is a week driving around different national parks and then 4 days on the beach in Cozumel Mexico. See the commonalities? Much less flying this time! Next summer's vacation is already set in going with Killer back to S Korea and having him show us around.

-2,600 miles. That's how many miles got put on the truck this roadtrip. Wow. It needs its oil changed after just one week of driving! Also it needs a serious, serious interior detailing. Any referrals in the San Diego area?

-I learned a lot about my camera and photography, mostly that one is good and the other needs quite a bit of work!