Motor Trend Auto Show

Jeep Wrangler Unlimited

On Monday I stopped by Motor Trend’s Auto Show in Sandy. My sons Paul and Jake wanted to see it so I went along. In the time I was there, I wasn’t approached once by any salespeople (a positive) and I was able to check out a lot of new autos. I was interested in [...]

Lesson Learned

Hand through ceiling

Lesson learned on this last day of 2011: When crawling in the attic don’t lean on the sheetrock!

Then And Now

Rick and Jill marriage certificate

Kaysville Windstorm Part 2

Kaysville windstorm preparations

It is not often that the Governor warns the citizens of Utah about the weather. But he did just that Saturday night when he urged residents along the northern Wasatch Front to prepare for another windstorm, forecast to begin at 5pm Sunday. After Thursday’s windstorm, most residents have not had time to completely clean up. [...]

Davis County Windstorm Cleanup

Davis County windstorm cleanup

  Yesterday we only had two hours before dark on Steven’s roof. After helping pull out two tree stumps at our neighbor’s homes, we headed back to Layton to finish the repairs to the roof. We nailed the last shingle by 4pm.     Earlier in the day it seemed like the whole of Davis [...]

Ford Canyon

Ford Canyon Jill by waterfall

Last Saturday I ventured up Ford Canyon with Jill and Susan. The bridges were washed out so I fished a plank out of the water and we used that to cross Ricks Creek. We were not very far from civilization but it seemed like it as we got stuck in the undergrowth. We followed a [...]

Shepard Creek Trail

Shepard Creek Trail return trip closeup

Yesterday Susan, Shauna, Jill and I hiked Shepard Creek Trail. Shepard Creek Trail winds out of several residential areas in Somerset and Shepard Heights and up a canyon. To get the the trail, from Main Street go east toward the mountains on 1400 North one block. Look for a dirt road to the north and [...]