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This past weekend we packed up and headed out camping. We went to Shenandoah River State Park, which is about 70 miles from here. It only has a few campsites, and no room for trailers, so it has a kind of more rustic than normal feel to it. There aren’t any trash cans, for instance, but there are showers. It is along the banks of the Shenandoah River and is a very nice place to stay.

We got there on Friday and no sooner had gotten the tent set up than it started to rain. And it rained hard. We were all in the tent, trying to not touch the roof or sides which would let the water in. Luckily, the tent repelled most of the water and we only had a few leaks around the corners of the tent, which we soaked up with towels.

The next day more than made up for it, however, because it was a really nice day. The weather was perfect and the sun was shining. We took our rubber boat down the river and had a lot of fun. There were a couple copperhead snakes (more…)

You may notice I placed a new link in the sidebar.  I kept forgetting that Neal has a website for his radio show.  Neal and I have had some disagreements this election cycle about who is best qualified to be president, who is more conservative, etc–I was a big Rudy fan and he liked Mitt Romney.  But at least we both can make fun of Ron Paul.

My brother Steve just got PRK surgery to correct his nearsightedness. I also made an investment in my eyesight. I have terrible eyes, and usually wear contacts. But I had to one-up Steve, and I think you will agree I succeeded. People have told me I remind them of their grandpa, and also have wondered why I would pay for these glasses.

For those interested in these glasses, made famous not only by three Presidents of the Mormon Church, but also by Michael Douglas in the movie Falling Down.

For those of you who are interested in being able to purchase old fashioned, black rimmed glasses, the website where I ordered these is Shuron.com. They were $95–and worth every penny.

I thought people might think this story was pretty funny.

I was at work when the gunman was getting arrested and his truck searched and seized. It was causing a fair amount of chatter inside the buildings–and was causing a bit of traffic over our alert system.

So I went down to the cafeteria to get something to eat, and the lady before me in line was talking to the cashier about it. So I get there and she rings up my food, and instead of ringing up my bread, which would have been like 50 cents, she just handed it to me and said, “I just give you this today…you never know when you gonna die.” It was very comforting.

One of the things that Senators can do is request special tours of the Capitol Dome. There is some neat stories about the dome, how and why it was built and how all the painting inside was done.

Last Friday, Senator Craig took a few of us on one of these tours. It was pretty cool. we got to walk about outside on the dome, and it was a clear day so we could see forever. We could see where the old used to be and see the (more…)

I’m cleaning out my old computer and found a bunch of pictures. This particular batch was all organized and just happened to be pictures of our Christmas back in 2003. From the looks of it we spent most of Christmas in Pocatello with Heidi’s family.

There are a bunch of photos following the break. (more…)