Uncle Caveman was a Bear!: Once you're lost you never will be found...

Well I guess I better report about the last few goings on in my life. About a month ago or so I went down to Disneyland with some of the kids from the Institute. We did one of those service project days (made blankets) and got tickets to whichever park we wanted. I hadn't been to Disneyland since Grad night '01. It was fun and we got to ride everything that we wanted to. We even had the chance to be in the VoluntEARS parade. Something they do to honor the volunteers right before the big parade comes out.

Here's a link if you should so desire to see a clip of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ3bFcGBUWY

I also went to the Blue Bayou, the restaurant on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. The BEST food at Disneyland... that's for sure.

I also finally decided to get a DSLR camera. My brother Eric found a pretty decent deal on a T1i with a couple of lenses and seeing as how I've been casually looking for one for the past year or so, I jumped on it. It's still not here, but I'm sure I will enjoy it when it comes.

This coming weekend I will be heading up to Yosemite to go hike El Capitan with some friends. I can't believe that it's already here. The past four Saturdays we've tried to go on small warm up hikes. The past two Saturdays Ken and I have gone and done as much of the Millcreek trail as we could. It's a trail that's just over 7 miles one way. The first time we did about 10.5 miles round trip. I had to be back in Bakersfield for a wedding reception later that night. Even as it was, I was a bit late. The trail isn't too wide, probably 1.5-2 ft. We made it up and down with nothing noteworthy to report. This past Saturday wasn't the same though. We got a late start (4:30), but at least we came prepared with snacks and a flashlight. On the way up I actually flicked two fleas off of my arm and hand. That was the first time I'd seen ticks before. around 7:20 or so we decided it would be a good idea to head back. The trail back was an eventful one as I tripped over a piece of wood sticking up out the ground, Ken stepped in cow crap a number of times, we ran into a herd of cattle (15-20 cows with some calves) and Ken getting a tick embedded in his hip. If only I would've brought my camera on the 2nd trip...