1/1/11 Good Start

This was a good way to start off the New Year. My Bishop asked a couple of us from the ward to join him on a rappelling outing and first thing I thought was to invite my nephews. Chanler wasn't able to make it due to a rash on his back that was bothering him but Saul made it and had fun. The idea for the trip besides having fun was to refresh ourselves on our set up. A couple of us recently were schooled and certified for the climbing and rappelling requirements of the Boy Scouts of America and wanted to be ready for the activities this spring. So ya we used our family members for those runs. Hahaha sounds bad but it's not.

  Upon arrival to Bulldog Canyon the temps were at or below thirty degrees and there was a slight breeze. That's kinda cold for desert rats. So you can imagine me in my vibram fivefingers with numb feet. By the time the sun came up things were feelin better. The rock was still cold under my feet but I had to shed the gloves and jacket.

  We had several boys out there all who have rappelled before accept Saul. That didn't mean a thing though. He did great. He went over the edge of the cliff slowly to get the feel of it and also the same speed on the way down. Which is good cuz you gota get a feel for it. On his next run he was doing jumps and 360's. A couple of the other actually went down aussie style, that's face first. Jacob Nash who was one of the instructors and one of hos nephews.

At one point some wild horses came through the area and Saul took off after them. Oh and also some of Bishop's friends showed up on quads from the south end of the area. After clean up I took one run up a hill near the cliff per request of the group. Then we took off.

  That wasn't the end of the day though. After getting to about Coons Bluff turn off I got a call sayin that Bishop's Suburban was makin a funny noise. Went back and long story short, he had lost a couple nuts that hold up the front center section and the cv shaft on the passenge side was binding. Luckily I found a ratchet strap when leaving the Bulldog Canyon area and wa able to use it in the temp repair to get home. If you want to read more on that you can find it on my other blog soon.