Alright!!! I'm officially out of quarantine, and feeling a lot better. I most likely had the Norwalk virus, which is a NASTY flu virus that gives you the symptoms of "explosive diarrhea and projectile vomiting". Yeah, needless to say, i lost some weight. Actually i lost 10 lbs. Which is kinda a big deal for me. Anyway, i spent my five days of lockdown reading the fourth and fifth books of the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. Yeah, i am kind of a nerd like that. It surprised some people, like when Dallin (one of the fellow drivers that lives in our dorm) caught me staying up late reading my book on top of the dryer in the laundry room. He didn't see that one coming. I told him not to judge me for reading Fantasy books. He proceeded to tell me that it was all good because i "have a hot fiance". I couldn't stop laughing for a while after that. Thanks Dallin, i appreciate it buddy.
Besides me being sick, i have been working like mad to catch up on lost hours. I worked a whopping 54 hours in 4 days. Yeah, it was sick. But, we're up here to work and have fun, so its all good.
While i was working, Joanie went off and had a blast hiking with some of the other kids in town. was trashed after the 6 hour hike. I was proud of her though. Its a cool hike. I guess technically its trespassing, but its Alaska....so no one really cares.
Here's the deal with this pipeline. No, its not the Alaska oil pipeline. Its the hydroelectric pipeline for Skagway, AK. There is a lake up top called Goat Lake. They funnel the water from goat lake down through that 4-foot wide pipe and there is a turbine down at the bottom. That is how we power Skagway, AK. Its actually not even enough power to keep the cruise ships running when they come into town, so a lot of the ships will leave their engines/generators running. Crazy.
Joanie got home that night and slept from 6-10pm and then went home and slept the rest of the night. She was pooped. Today she is SUPER sore from the endeavor. Tomorrow, i am venturing up with a bunch of the guys to do the same hike, but we are going to try and climb to the peak of the mountain. Wish me luck! Joanie has work at the Bank...
Tomorrow we also have the Holland America/Princess company softball game tomorrow (that i'm pitching for), so i'll need some extra luck for that...hehe.
The next series of pictures are some new and old pictures of me and Joanie goofing around. We like to joke around and dance and flip each other around, etc. So here are some pictures of that.
This one was way cool!We had just learned a new move in country dancing and this was one of our favorites.
More goofing off...
This past ski season we got season passes to the Canyons Resort up in Park City (which is also up where my brother Cole works at a hotel). We had a blast going up to the mountain just about every other weekend to enjoy the slopes.
Joanie and i have this minor debate as to which is better. She snowboards, i ski. We both grew up doing what we do. But, we have agreed to try the other (even if it is inferior) sport with each other. I took a day or two to go snowboarding with Joanie and ate some snow more than i wanted to, which was quite humbling. Maybe this next season i'll get Joanie on some skiis. ;)
CHEESE!!!! (Taken off of the reflection in the window of my 4runner)
More goofing off...
This past ski season we got season passes to the Canyons Resort up in Park City (which is also up where my brother Cole works at a hotel). We had a blast going up to the mountain just about every other weekend to enjoy the slopes.
Joanie and i have this minor debate as to which is better. She snowboards, i ski. We both grew up doing what we do. But, we have agreed to try the other (even if it is inferior) sport with each other. I took a day or two to go snowboarding with Joanie and ate some snow more than i wanted to, which was quite humbling. Maybe this next season i'll get Joanie on some skiis. ;)
CHEESE!!!! (Taken off of the reflection in the window of my 4runner)
