I found something...
A better blogging program.
No, not wordpress or even b2evolution.
But just a simple, much more user friendly, blog.
Visually, it kicks blogspot's un-designed square butt.
The user interface is better too.
I might have to switch.
Blogger, we've been together for a long time, but we were only committed to each other as long as we were a good match. Sorry.
Hello, tumblr...
--WBC--
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I have a Google Voice number! Hoot Yeah! If you don't know what I'm talking about, you can watch a video of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Q9MJdT5Ds
I'm planning on using this as a business number, however, Family that calls this number will get my personal voicemail instead of a business one, SWEET!
Please try it out if you want to...
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I'm making it official... I will always go by the name of "William" (my first name). Most of you know me as Brian, that's fine. If you still want to use that name I'm not going to hold it against you. Brian is a great name, and I've used it for years and still like it. But from now on I will always be introducing myself as William to keep it simple.
In fact, I even made a new Twitter account (www.twitter.com/william_cobb). My name is "william_cobb" on twitter. If you have a twitter account, please follow me on it (not that I use it a lot, but sometimes I do).
The other "new" news about me is that I'll be staying in Utah a lot longer than I expected. On October 9th I'll be moving to Salt Lake City into a nice house set downtown. I'm pretty stoked to be living in Salt Lake - unexpectedly glad in fact. Utah has great rock climbing in the summer, snowboarding in the winter, and all around Salt Lake is cleaner than the average downtown's I've been to before. Not to mention a lot of cool people.
--WBC--
I went camping up in American Fork Canyon by myself. This time I traveled farther up the canyon than I've done before. Though it rained yesterday, the night was clear and fresh. I set up my 1-man tent and left the rain cover off and watched the stars. I slept great.
The morning light woke me up, and I when I poked out of my sleeping bag I saw a beautiful orange sunrise glowing above the canyon's horizon. Indeed this was just what I needed after a hard week's work and not much sleep.
About an hour later (and I'm still sleeping in) cold air blew in and a cover of gray - more precipitation. So I packed up quickly and sat in my jeep. Not wanting to go back home so soon, I took the road deeper into the canyon knowing I might have to backtrack later. However, the road kept going. I had nowhere to be so I kept driving, sightseeing along the way. Turns out, the road went over the pass and to the other side of the mountain where I discovered a nice valley and a town far below.
Asking a guy in hunting clothes taught me that it was Heber, Utah. As I made my way down the mountain, I saw a sign for "Cascade Springs" and a nice parking lot so I stopped to take a walk.
Cascade Springs is like being in Yellowstone Park - with boardwalks everywhere to protect the landscape from all the visitors. The water was cold, but clean and even smelled like sulfur like hot springs do. Anyways, the walk was peaceful, and though I was alone at first, I must have just beat the rush b/c by the time I was leaving the place was swarming with local visitors despite the cold sprinkling weather.
On my way to Heber and down the mountain and through Wasatch Mountain State Park, I drove by an expensive housing development with lots of lots for sale. Yep, lots of lots. I checked out some of the lots with houses (since the entrance sign said they would give you a 2009 Acura with every house purchase :) and they were "only" about $850,000! Hehe. Well, at least they looked nice and the property location had a prime view of the valley. I gathered a few fliers to remember them by, and kept driving into town, calculating in my head what kind of income I would need to even seriously consider such a habitation (and even if I did have that much money, would I really want to put all of it into a house on a tiny lot with a view? I got to enjoy the view for free just by being curious and driving around!).
I kept driving and found a more humble situation at the bottom of the valley. The paved roads still felt new in this community. No sidewalks, just a paved road and green grass on both sides checkered with well kept old houses. There was something special about this place. I don't know if it was the sunlight that shined into the city while everywhere else was shadowed in the clouds (Really, like in a movie or something supernatural), or maybe it was that farm-town home-grown style with all the green grass and old grain silo's and lingering stables from the early 1900's. But something was cool about this little place.
I drove around for at least an hour, listening to Calexico and observing the sights. After a few conversations with myself I stopping at a gas station, filled up, and used my GPS to find my way back home -- down Provo Canyon and back up the 15 Fwy to American Fork.
--WBC--
Hey everybody! I haven't been blogging because I've been super busy. Well, it's finally stopped raining constantly and the sun is great. Everything is so green, and I love the people I've met. It's like being in one big family here. You often see people a few times a day in this tiny tourist town, and the locals also know each other pretty well. "Andy Griffith" hospitality if you will.
The public library and the grocery store are frequented by everyone so it's pretty cool to be bumping into friends all the time.
I've posted a new photo album on Facebook called "Jackson Hole" which you are invited to check out here. Or click on the picture below...
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So it's been raining in jackson everyday for about a week. Doesn't make for a friendly camping experience, but at least there's this nice library to hang out at, and my tent is freaking awesome dry. Hiking in the rain for fun is out, since a hot shower costs $6.50 and I would only want to hike in the rain and get muddy if I could finish with a hot shower and a laundry machine.
My job starts on Thursday - driving a Wonderbread truck and delivering goodies to all the little forest animals who live around the Teton Mountains. It is supposed to last until September.
Today I returned from Utah again where I met Zac and Franklin to get my paint equipment, thanks to them for bringing it all the way up here from AZ!
I bought a cast iron skillet so I can cook bacon and eggs on the fire. It's pretty sweet with a 2 for 1 set up: both dutch oven and 2 skillets when you need them. My outdoor haven is almost complete - when the rain stops long enough I'm going to set up the cabin tent and "move in."
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