Hello, World! I'm Ba-ack!!

Whew!  It has been may days and years since I last posted a post, made my mark on this blog I created many moons ago.  Well.  Here I am now!  Hopefully I'll be able to better upkeep this blog, unlike last time.  So here it goes!!

My life in a nutshell up until this date:

• 2015 Europe trip (more fun stuff to come on that)
• Finished Wizard's Seal and hoping to publish it this month via Create Space
• Obtained a dragon!!  Still in the process of taming him.  He's been difficult but he does call himself Kuzco and he is king of the world.
• Hiked the Zion Narrows 10 times!!  Oh yeah!!
• Hiked Havasupai in 2013
• Hiked Mystery Canyon on Nov 20, 2015: required crampons and a wetsuit and was SUPER fun even though I was freezing by the last rappel into the Narrows
• Still working at the aquarium in Utah
• Favorite TV shows now are: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Flash, and Doctor Who (of course!)
• Watched The West Wing and loved it!  Now I have a more educated mind for politics.
• Moved to Salt Lake City.  That's right folks!  I now live in Salt Lake City! 
• Social Media stuff: New facebook page for my book(s): facebook.com/wizardseal; instagram: JekkaJones; and twitter: @wizardseal  (hopefully you can find me.....)

So yeah, that's me.  And there's a bunch more that's happened during my lost years on the web, but we'll get around to that when it comes.
But until then, enjoy this gorgeous picture of Bergamo, Italy!

Doctor Who

So a few months ago, Mandi-chan sent this link.  It has some awesome pictures dealing with everyone's favorite traveling doctor.  Check it out!

http://imgur.com/a/FPb6N

My favorite one is with the owls.  They're just so cute!  And the picture with the fog and the Doctor's running into the Tardis.  So cool!

Zion Narrows

What is my favorite hike?  Zion Narrows.  How many times have I hiked it?  8 times now.  How many times do I want to hike it?  Over 62 times to beat my Grandpa Fife, who hiked it that much.

Yes, I know, I have a long ways to go.  But it was amazing!!  We did it in two days, which I hadn't done for four years.  And it was my first time camping in a place other than the grotto.  Which used to be campsite 7, but a flash flood went through and destroyed it so, alas, we camped out near the best water in THE WORLD!!!

Big Springs!  This water is the essence of the Gods!  We filled all of our water bottles with this deliciousness, all 8 L worth!  It was heavenly.
And then the Narrows, which is the prettiest place on earth.  Even a group of Australians agreed with us.  They said they were from Sydney, and although there are a lot of cool rock formations, they said there is nothing like the Narrows anywhere.  So we're lucky to have such a beautiful place in our back yard.

Log jam!  These are common.  This was before the confluence of Deep Creek and the Virgin River.  And on our last leg of the trip, we discovered symmetrical rock stacking!  It was astounding, as you can see from Paul's face.

Yep, it was an amazing trip.  My cousin is planning on going again early next month, but instead we're doing a day blitz.  Which should be fun.  I so will be there!!
Until next time, Jekka G. Senoj signing off.

Fun Stuff

So, occasionally I find some pictures on my computer that I've had for ages but forgotten about.  A lot of them are so cool that I don't know why I did not share them.  so, here's a couple that I particularly like.  As always, if you know who posted/snapped the picture let me know so I can give them credit.  I detest plagiarism!!

heh heh.  I particularly like that last one.  Pot at the end of the rainbow.  Classic!

WOW!!!!

Holy cow!  It has been like SIX months since I last posted.  Egad brain!  Most people in this position would do a long apology about how busy life is and how they haven't had time to do anything, but we all know that's not the case.

I'm just lazy when it comes to doing stuff on the internet.

And other people will then do a month-by-month recap of all the stuff they have done, but I'll just give it to you in ten lines.

The Dark Knight Rises is awesome but I still like the Dark Knight the best of the three
I sprained my left toe right before we went hiking but I still did some hikes in Zions
Grandpa K's backyard is beautiful and you can walk around without fear of cobwebs
I'm an official fan of Doctor Who.  Awesome!
The Legend of Korra was astounding, amazing, and so cool.  I can't wait for the next season
Mandi's home now from Nagoya, Japan.  I got to hang out with her for two weeks in Memphis
Never go to a "Learn Japanese" panel at an anime convention when you are fluent in the language.
We are no longer going to be taking the birds on outreach at work :(
Hiked Blue John's Canyon in March which is where that guy got stuck and cut off his arm
I can finish my story in 5-6 chapters!!!

Yep, that's about it.  Well, not about it, there's a ton more stuff that happened but that's the jist of it.

Here's an awesome picture I feel like sharing.  It's a cat we found on a boat in San Francisco.  Awesome, eh?  It's got a lifejacket!!!

Ooo, that was so much easier to upload than the old version!  Wow!  Maybe I'll start posting more often.

Well, that's all for now.  Until next time.....WAZZAH!!