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Ritter Island

These pictures were taken down by Ritters Island which is on the north side of the Snake River by Thousand Springs in the Hagerman Valley. We had a really fun time with the kids. Will probably add more photos as we get them.
Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving!!

RAA #2 (Really)

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17th of May 2005
Round W B I F
01 2 1 1 2
02 2 2 0 2
03 1 4 0 1
04 0 3 1 2
05 1 2 2 1
06 1 1 2 2
07 0 4 0 2
08 1 1 0 4
09 0 3 0 3
10 1 2 0 3
11 2 0 0 4
12 1 2 2 1
13 2 3 1 0

Total W's 14 17.95%
Total B's 27 34.62%
Total I's 9 11.54%
Total F's 27 34.62%
Total Arrow's Shot 78 98.73%

I don't understand now I've lost 1.27 % of 78 arrows. Hmmmm I had all six when I finished.

RAA #2

Formatting Sucks

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From previous entry it is clear that attempting to format manually at least is worthless. The blog removes extra spaces and doe his/her own thing.

Running Archery Achievements (RAA)

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I decided that since I got a new bow (used bow but new to me) I would keep my shooting achievements online so I can look back and see if I am improving or NOT!!

The system that I am using is new starting on the 13th of May. It is my second time shooting. I shot with Roy and Kathy Evans of Brigham City, UT the first time and since I didn't have a scoring system for me I will say I had some close groupings and a few flyers. I did however hit the nock of one arrow so I had a near Robin Hood.

My new scoring system is as follows: I am using target loaned to me by Roy and Kathy. It is about 3 feet square and has a hoaky deer on one side and five bulls-eyes on the other side arranged like the spots a dice. For the time being I am shooting at the middle bulls-eye from 20 yards. The bulls-eye (white) is about 4" in diameter with a 1" black ring on the outside. So here is the system, I merely record four categories: Bulls-eyes or Whites (W), Black Ring (B), Those within 1" of Black Ring (I) and anything else is a Flyer (F). So for the:

13th of May 2005
Round W B I F
01 0 4 0 2
02 1 1 0 4
03 2 2 0 2
04 0 2 0 4
05 1 3 1 1
06 1 2 1 2
07 0 2 0 4
08 2 2 1 1
09 1 2 2 1
10 1 2 2 1
11 1 2 2 1
12 3 1 0 2
13 3 0 1 2

Total W's 16 20.5%
Total B's 25 32.0%
Total I's 10 12.8%
Total F's 27 34.6%
Total Arrow's Shot 78 99.9%

I don't know where that tenth of an arrow went.

Well there's the stake in the ground now lets see if I can improve over time.

Drivers --- Arghhh (Road Rage would be to good for them)

I continue to be upset at the foolishness and stupidity of most drivers . Most of I-15 between here and Brigham City is 65 MPH. In trying to be a law abiding citizen, I set my cruise control to the speed limit. I am the slowest car on the freeway. Shortly after our accident where we were rear ended by a young lady going to fast and talking on her cell phone, we were nearly clobbered by two other people on cell phones within the next two days. Today, I again saw two near collisions and in each case the offending driver was pre-occupied on their cell phone.

My other pet peeve are those drivers that are going down the freeway in excess of 75 miles per hour and traveling less than a car length from the car in front of them. What is going through their brain???.....excuse me for making an unwarranted assumption. Of course they have no brain. Closely related to them are the ones that "shoot the gap". The gap is a vacant space usually one and a half car lengths long that is travelling down the road at 75+ miles per hour and these idiots decide they can hit the gap all the while traversing up to three lanes of traffic.

This insanity more and more makes me take some less traveled path where possible. We are approaching 1 rollover per day in the morning or evening traffic.

MY SOLUTION: 1) Start with the large trucks. All trucks should have a trailer number and a 1-800 number to call in their careless driving. 2) Crack down on speeding trucks. 3) Install auto-cams at overpasses that can detect speed and photo license plates. 4) Have more speed traps and fine the snot out of the offenders.

We are killing way too many people by auto and no one seems to care. Each year the killing on our highways increases. We get upset if an airplane goes down and kills 100 people. We get upset at the loss of life in Iraq for those who are protecting our freedom.

As of Jan 29, 2005 Irag war military casualties are 1429. Wounded are 10,770.

The numbers represent 23 months of the war.

Auto fatalities for 2003 were 43,220 and for 2002 were 42815. I could find no stats for 2004 but even assuming they went back down to 2002 levels we are talking in excess of 85,000 fatalities for the same period as the Iraq war. In Utah alone in 2004 there were 290 fatalities.

My point is that we rue the casualties of war and largely ignore the casualties of the automobile. We are willing to accept violent death only as long as it is delivered by automobile. Clearly, life itself has value only as to how we die. What is wrong with this thinking?

Well I could rant on but I am really bothered by this type of insanity.

Last Day of the Month

On the 28 of February it occurs to me that there are no days left. So I'll March out and get some more. hehe

Spent the day with Doris and Marcia. Drove up to Hardware Ranch south of Logan. It was a beautiful drive and we saw tons of elk. I noticed that of the 150-200 elk that all of the bulls (with big racks, I might add) were lying down and the cows and calves were mostly standing. I don't know if this is some kind of elk ritual or if it is a sign of elk respect. They were driving a wagon load of school kids through the elk herd. Come to think of it,...what did the elk heard? It must be late (in September) cause the corn seems ripe and abundant.

We now have Gecko seat covers in the new van. Seemed so fitting.

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Welcome

This is my very first blog. This is a place I can provide my family and others with pictures. Hopefully some thoughts will flow and this will be like a family bulletin board. It seems worth a try so here goes.

Welcome Luther Family whoever you may be. If you are a Luther then that's good enough for me.

Just to prove it's legal.

Passenger side. Not much to show. Same-O, Same-O.

The view from the rear. Notice the 1/2 suitcase from DI for $3.00. It is holding jumper cables, tools, etc. to keep them from sliding around. Neat huh? Also notice the fancy plastic bag holders from the shopping trip. Not my idea. Came with the car.