Back to real life

Dave says: Since the big adventure, the blog has been neglected. The last two months have been a busy time as I am on the job market applying for faculty positions. Here's the brief highlights of the last few weeks.

Even though we didn't miss the heat while we were traveling for the summer, we did miss sitting out front in the evenings and enjoying some gorgeous sunsets and panoramas.

We drove up Mt. Lemmon with Sam in his sweet new Mustang and did a hike from the very top.

The hike had some great views. This one is from the fire lookout.

We also did the Wilderness of Rocks trail on the hike which has some cool rock formations.

We made it up to Phoenix for my grandparents' 60th anniversary. I built a mega-fort with Christine's kids. As a bonus, they could even watch TV in the fort.

We did a nice scramble up Soldier Canyon which is the first switchback of Mt. Lemmon. The route ultimately comes out at Prison Camp. As you can see, there were some great boulders to scramble around on.

Can you see the curled up rattlesnake? I was climbing up this wash and reached around this rock putting my hand only a few inches from it. When I looked up, I was pretty scared. Fortunately, he was just sunning himself and didn't hardly seem to notice.

This was the big boulder jam on the hike that we climbed around. After the hike, we went out for some tasty custard at Culvers which has been a recent favorite of ours.

I also taught seminary for the first three weeks of the school year. It was a fun time however since I didn't take any pictures of the class, the closest thing that I have is a delicious tray of cinnamon rolls that Alisha made for the class. Right now, things are very busy with my PhD program as I am going on the job market a year early and trying to do a 5 year program in only 4 years. It is an exciting time but it can definitely make things a bit crazy at times. More updates on this in the future...