Running Out of Time

Christopher Lloyd's Birthday was on October 22. He turned 88 that day. 88! See the significance?

To honor him, let's talk about running out of time. I don't have a time machine to spend more time at Bridal Veil Falls so I have to take the time I have before it closes the end of October.

I went for a walk earlier this week (and saw more slugs- I think they're leopard slugs) 

then again on October 22, which was also National Color Day. Boy, I love Fall colors.

It was also Make a Dog's Day. There were one or two dogs on leashes on the trail that day.
 

After my walk, I went to do humanitarian work by tying quilts. Lots of different colors in those quilts.

Great way to celebrate. 

 

That afternoon, I put on music from Back to the Future and Jet and I danced. It was fun.

 

Note: I wrote most of this blog post a day or two ago. Yesterday I didn't have time to go for a walk to Bridal Veil Falls. That afternoon there was a big rock slide across the trail. Maybe I won't be taking any more walks to Bridal Veil Falls for the season. 

Bigfoot?

October 20 was the anniversary of when that famous Bigfoot film was supposed to have been taken by Patterson and Gimlin in 1967. I watched the Studio C episode with special guest, Pete Holmes, where in one sketch people kept mistaking him for Bigfoot.

It was also International Sloth Day and I had a hard time getting some kids up for school. First day back from Fall Break. Sigh.  

 

I don't have pictures of celebrating those but I did take 

pictures of Bigfoot who roams the Oregonian trees. I have had many experiences with Bigfoot but the one I most remember was when he saved me. Thousands of years ago when I was younger I was camping with my family. We were going on a hike and I accidentally got lost. As I was trying to find my siblings I noticed that a branch snapped behind me. I looked back and there was a black bear walking across the trail with a cub. It noticed me and roared in anger. It started running at me when a large hairy creature leapt out and tackled the bear. The bear fought ferociously but in the end the creature won. It looked back at me and I noticed that it was humanoid and was about eight feet tall. I knew immediately that it must have been Bigfoot. When you grow up in Oregon, you hear a lot about Bigfoot. Anyway, he slowly walked towards me and then picked me up. He held me close to him and then started running along the trail. After a little while he stopped and set me down motioning for me to keep going. I started walking forward but when I looked back, nothing was there. As I continued along the trail I finally found my family and I told them what had happened. They of course didn't believe me but I know in my heart that Bigfoot saved me that day and that he is very much real.

 

 

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! I love my family. My kids are a hoot. Apparently Lucky got to my blog while I was off doing other things and "helped" with that big section about my Bigfoot encounter, which never actually happened by the way. 

But it reminds me of a book I read this Summer. The book is You Had Me at Bigfoot and was written by Nancy Campbell Allen. It was a fun read. It's a contemporary mystery, the first in a new series of Daphne Drew mysteries. The main character's name is Daphne Drew, obviously. This is because of Scooby-Doo and Nancy Drew. This is how I described the book while I was reading it:

"It's Nancy Drew meets Scooby Doo meets Sasquatch. What's not to love?"
 

I do in fact have a picture to go along with this. I don't know why I didn't think about it before. 

Have I mentioned I love books? 

Nature's Cool?

I'm not even sure how this happened?

Nature's Cool, Man

 

The Difference in Rainbows

Nichole sent me this picture of a rainbow she saw while on campus one evening.

I went outside to get my own picture from home. Ha Ha Ha Ha.

Then Nichole texted me a bunch of facts about rainbows. 

The End.

Birding Trip

Road Trip!

 

We are trying to do the Utah County Birders challenge this year. The challenge is to get 26 species of birds in certain counties of Utah to spell out U C BIRDERS! For example, for U, we needed to get both Utah and Uintah counties. We had some success earlier in the year. Some counties we needed and need to go back to to get the rest of our birds.

So Saturday, October 18, we got up early and headed down to Beaver County to look for some birds. Since we got a good start and happened to pick good spots for birds, we were able to get the birds we wanted in the morning. We only needed a few more birds for Iron County so we were going to head down to Cedar City. The last birds we found in Beaver County were closer to the highway than the freeway so we decided to take the highway into Iron County. 

As we were driving, we decided to stop at the Parowan Gap Petroglyphs again. We enjoyed that last time we went there in May. Maybe we could get a bird or two there. We did.

Then we continued to drive through the Parowan Gap and happened to get the last birds we needed for Iron County. Woohoo. We didn't need to drive all the way to Cedar City. We took the freeway home and made it there before evening. Hooray! 

I took a nap because I needed it. 

 

Since October 18 was National Pasta Day, people ate pasta. 

 

It was a successful birding day.

We do need to do a few more trips to complete the challenge. We're not going to get all the letters but we are aiming for five for the Bronze level (that's still 26 bird species in each of 9 counties). Wish us luck. 

Shwarma and Sourdough

Thursday, October 15, was National Grouch Day. Lucky accused me of celebrating that holiday.

It was also Shawarma Day so I made shawarma while watching some MCU stuff, including some stuff with the Avengers.

 

I also got out a toy that is kept in the freezer a lot. I was watching some Fantastic 4 so the invisible woman toy hung out with me. Her uniform is dark in the freezer but in room temperature she turns "invisible."

By the way, going back to the shawarma, the best recipe I found for pita bread is from A Season of Family Meal Plans, volume 1, by Jordan Page. They actual work as pockets. 

 

That night was another Relief Society activity about sourdough. I learned some things the last time we had one so I learned some new things and actually knew some questions to ask since I've had a little experience since. 

 

Friday, October 16, was World Food Day. I took time to work on the sourdough some more (since it is a multiple day process). I also prepared food for a trip we took on Saturday.

I baked the loaf this morning. 

I still have a lot to learn (especially about shaping the dough). I just need to take the time to practice. Sigh. 

 

P.S. It turned out better than I expected actually, and it was a hit with the family.