Actually, it's after spring break, but I was busy enjoying doing nothing but read and watch Chuck that I didn't touch my computer except to do the little homework I had. But, it was fun.
The hiking expedition consisted of going to Capitol Reef Nat'l Park and doing two hikes. The first was the Grand Wash which was a long 5 miles of open canyon but great bouldering spots. Chris and Mike were all over those. And then the second hike was a bit more fun being Sulfur Creek and 2 of those 5 miles were scrambling around waterfalls. It was also very entertaining to watch Mike try not to get his feet wet, to which he succeeded.
The second day was good ol' Coyote Gulch. And unlike last year where we had a whopping 62 people from Paul's work (US synthetic), there was only 20 and boy was it nice. Not only did we hike along at a comfortable pace, but the take out point only took us 20 minutes instead of two hours!! It was lots of fun. I love that hike. I was so bummed that it was over, but the weather's getting good again and so more hikings will be coming!!!
On top of all that, we stopped for the night in Scipio and so I got to see the Elvish Pirate Gypsy minion fiend for a little bit! That was very happy. She's got a boy in her life at the moment and he sounds really cool.
So the whole thing in Japan is really sad. All of the missionaries in the Tokyo and Sendai missions have been accounted for, and all have been moved out of those two mission areas to Kobe, Nagoya, and Hiroshima (which being reopened to accomodate them) due to the nuclear reactors. As for the members, the two I am emailing are safe and sound as well as their friends, but I have yet to send off a letter to my other friends. I just don't know if the postal service is running or not in those areas because of the radiation threat. But I might just write and send one and then wait to hear back from them.
Wow, I realized that's not my usual random-happy posting. Next time will be a bit more exciting.
Toodles!
