Digital Surveillance

YAY!1! The Phil Keaggy DVD arrived today in the mail. I can't wait to get a portion of Keaggy acoustic goodness. It was great going to his concert in Eugene in March, and I hope that he gets to come back to the northwest soon. Hmmm.. better check his itenerary. Uh oh, it looks bad 'til 2005.

Being out of school is great, as I get to read what I want. That said, I am just about to finish islands in the stream by hemingway, and previously finished up toilers of the sea by victor hugo. And have the Brothers karamazov and the second half of Anna Korrinniinnnaina to work on nextly.

Aeroplane

A plane ride through the mountains is a beautiful thing. Especially, when the mountains are in Idaho, and the valleys are filled with rivers. Big Rivers, like the Snake and the Salmon. Anyway, we had a fun plan ride from McCall to Hell's Canyon, up to the confluence of the Snake and the Salmon, then north to Lewsiton, then to Orofino, then to Grangeville, and then back to McCall. And in the afternoon, we took a boat ride around the Little Payette lake. It was pretty interesting, the lake was dammed up and there were standing trees that became silent column, and rotting pillars out in the midst of the lake. There are submerged stumps and trunks everywhere on one side of the lake, making for a slow boating experience. And a few days earlier I journied up to Slick Rock.

Jughandle Exhausted...

Went to McCall for the end of the weekend. We put up a new ceiling fan, which is really cool. Also, the power went out. So the sprinklers didn't exactly work right. But the Hai worked like a champ. I hooked a speaker up so when the burglar alarm goes off it tells the burglar what room they are in. "Burglar alarm, front room, motion detector tripped, sending klingon death squad..." Pretty cool. Today I went hiking up east of McCall, up to a place called Louie Lake, and then up to the top of the Mountain, Jughandle. Louie Lake is a pristine, deep-blue lake that sits at 7,004 feet beneath Jughandle Mountain. Jughandle's elevation is 8,310-foot. Which was a bit of a hike, as it took four hours to go up (since I positively had to make my own path though the bushes and rocks), and two hours to descend (down the semi-steep rock slide). Anyway, I'm really sore now.

Reading report...

I went to McCall for the fourth of July. It was beautiful. I also have finished the man in the iron mask. the musketeers saga was delightful. Adieux Musketeers! I am also on the verge of finishing the complete hitchhiker guide to the galaxy saga. Then, perhaps, i will ripost to toilers of the sea by victor hugo. Also, I got a Sharp Zaurus, which has been fun toying around with and getting all organized -n- stuff.

Storm Warning

A Giant Size? storm just rolled into Boise, they Meteorologists are saying stuff about an inch of rain in an hour and flash floods on the tv. I took some great photos of the pressure front moving in!
In other news, I finished Louise de la Valliere, and have moved on to the finally of the Musketeer series, the Man in the Iron Mask. And just in case you don't know, the movies reflecting Alexandre Dumas' work never, ever, do his work justice. Take the Count of Monte Cristo for instance. Most of the names of the characters are the same. Character, however has been totally replaced with a modern equivalent, depravity.

Franklin Starbucks and step on it!

It's been good to be back in Idaho. Hit the hotsprings last weekend, and they were great! Went garage selling also! Woohoo! I've also been having fun going to starbucks, selling things on eBay, and reading Louise de la Valliere.

Left Coast Tour '04

Left Coast Tour '04 is at an end, and i need some sleep.
I am back in Idaho, after a tour of Northern California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. The Loma Linda experience did not work out.
It's great to be in Idaho!