bfisk's crazy days

jon and i are back from our trip. seems that a lot went on in boulder while we were gone. (carter lake being canceled, and jon benet's killer potentially found) it was nice not having internet, television or my cell phone turned on for a week straight, just my family, a lot of birds tweeting, and fresh air. i noticed that i was much more calm without the electronics.
here are some pics from the trip:

pinecrest lake before sunset. jon and i did a LOT of walking and some hiking on our trip.

the cabin in the morning. my mom and her friend mrs. monroe did about five crosswords a day. (pictured), while we did a lot of newspaper reading and talking out on the deck. the monroe's own the cabin and are nice enough to let me family come up there every summer for more than 20 years.

we liked the deck so much that jon and thought sleeping out there was a good idea. here i am on my 1920's cot from WW I or something. (i was later informed that it came with the cabin, which was a real old cabin) since it had springs from when i believe springs were invented this thing practically hit the floor when i got into it. let's just say that comfort was not top priority, but sleeping under the stars was.

we drove this original 1947 willey's jeep around. here is my dad sitting in the back waiting for jon and i. he was sitting there for a good five minutes before we realized he was waiting. i learned how to drive a stick shift on this thing when i was 14 years old. it still runs like a charm, but the clutch had my leg sore after a while.

jon is sooooo boulder. here he is hugging a real big tree.

2nd highest pass in california. i don't know what the first highest is.

jon and his fly fishing instructor mr. monroe. aparently, jon was a natural at fly fishing. i think it has to do with his patient nature. i on the other hand can handle fly fishing for about 15 minutes at a time.
the monroe's own the cabin and are nice enough to let me family come up there every summer for more than 20 years.

next we all went to san francisco. dad and mom stand by the quiet zone sign. we were really happy to see this since we like to go to sleep around 9 p.m. (right when quiet time begins at the hotel)

the view of fisherman's wharf and alcatraz from coit tower. i escaped from alcatraz 7 years ago when i paid some promoter $100.00 and walked off a plank into the shockingly cold bay and swim to the marina. it is something i will never forget, and one of the coolest/stupidest things i have ever done.

we met up with erin alexander one of jon's best buds from college. here they are checking out an oven that we saw on the street. FREE and nice, but air regulations wouldn't let us use it as a carry on. ovens and water are a no-no on the banned carry on list.

we completed our trip with a stop at in 'n out burger at cannery row. the place had to been over maximum capacity. we found there are a lot of beef eaters on cannery row.