Brock here checking in and providing the next installment of
our blog. After jumping out of a plane we made our way to Goblin Valley State
Park in Utah where we did some hiking around and exploring the unique landscape
that the desert has created.
Next we drove through Capitol Reef National Forest and were awestruck
by the huge canyon walls and the fertile valley floors. Once we had driven
through Capitol Reef we made our way to a camp spot to crash for the night
before continuing on.
On our way, we caught a glimpse of these metal pieces in front of a motel.
In the morning we drove outside of Beaver, UT to an old
mining town called Frisco. We explored the terrain of the mine and took some
pictures.
This massive lizard decided it was going to waltz right up to us and
check us out. This guy had been living large on desert bugs for sure!
We continued our way into Nevada on the US 50 which is
called the “Loneliest Road in America”.
We soon found out why... as Kayce ended up
fast asleep in the passenger seat while I looked ahead at the straight road
that seemed to disappear in the horizon. We drove through a few small towns
that started as mining towns and now were just trying to survive.
While driving
we came upon a random cottonwood tree in the middle of know where with thousands
of shoes thrown in the tree branches. It was crazy to see shoes of all sizes
and we had to stop for pictures.
After a few more hours on the loneliest road we found
ourselves arriving in Truckee, CA just outside of Tahoe where we linked up with
my good friend and homie Greg Terziev for a brew.
We made plans for the next
day and called it a night as we crashed at my other good friend, Dave Brumm’s
house. Next morning we got up and made our way to Tahoe City where Greg and his
buddy Earl had the horse shoe pits raked and the charcoal firing for the ultimate
BBQ on the beach. The lake had all sorts of different blue and green colors
that are pretty amazing. We grilled and threw shoes till it got dark. We heard
a house party was happening just down the road so we headed over to see what
was going on. After a long night of meeting new people, an intense bad mitten
game and laughing around the campfire, we headed back to Greg’s to sleep for
the night. Greg has a pretty interesting dog who doesn’t like it when people
look at him so we entered the house looking at the walls and paying no
attention to “Inky”. All was well and “Inky” was ok with us so we made our beds
and hit the hay.
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| Not Inky |
In the morning I got up to go snowboarding at Alpine Meadows
with a handful of my Tahoe friends. Everyone pitched in and gave me random assortments
of gear to ride since I didn’t bring anything. With one 9.5 boot and one 10
boot I strapped in at the top and bombed the mountain with a posse of about 10
dudes. It was fast slushy snow and we rode till closing.
Later that evening we
met up with Dave at his work and he hooked us up with sushi and drinks. My
buddy Chris Galvin, Andrew Irwin and Jeremy Tidwell all joined us for dinner
and we caught up on snowboarding and summer plans.
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| Best Bloody Mary Ever |
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| Chocolate Martini |
The next day we met with our friends for breakfast before
heading to the beach on the Nevada side with Dave, Christy and their black lab
Jake who loves to play catch. We laid out on the nice beach and threw the ball
out in the water for Jake until our arms were sore. Dave and I decided to jump
in the lake and soon jumped out with a serious case of “ice balls”. The water
was still pretty cold in May!
After the lake we said our good-byes and hit the
road heading for more exploration and adventure in California.
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