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William Shatner FTW
Aug 26th
Thanks Blackspearvoid for sharing this awesome little nugget from TrekMovie.com. Both photos are real.
Living in an Amish Paradise…
Jul 28th
Is it Wednesday already?
Last weekend, I went and saw Weird Al Yankovic perform in concert in Boca Raton, Florida with my friends Lyn and Ryan. Our seats were pretty good – and you can see in this video:
The concert was AWESOME (to say the least.)
Afterwards, we went to Boomers in South Florida. There – Lyn and I tried to kill ourselves.
See?
Since I’m writing this it’s safe to assume I am dead and blogging from the grave. BOO.
Right now I’m SWAMPED with prepping for Anime Festival Orlando and Gen Con… so expect some erratic posts over the next week.
Mount Evans, Colorado aka “OMG THERE’S SNOW!!!”
Jul 23rd
On the suggestion of a friend in the Colorado office where I was working, Shannon and I took the afternoon last Friday and drove out to Mount Evans, Colorado. According to Wikipedia (and a number of t-shirts at a gift shop on the way) Mount Evans sports the highest paved road in North America. Lucky for me, Budget Rent A Car gave me a free upgrade when I had landed a few days earlier… a GMC Yukon XL with four wheel drive.
I know it’s kind of cheating as a blogger, but there really isn’t much to tell that the photos we took can’t tell even better:
Us standing the summit of the mountain. Yes – that’s snow on the hill behind the lake.
Like I said: snow. Back at our hotel it was over 95 degrees outside.
Goats. Lots of goats… especially the higher you get. Check out the photos here.
How high? Elevation of 14,130 feet. Note that we are both wearing sweatshirts now.
We had to free climb the last bit to the highest point. I made it, but the lower oxygen coupled with my out of shape ass made it a challenge.
So what do you do once you’ve made it to the top of an insanely high mountain? Why – almost kill yourself by sitting on a ledge! Notice how firmly I am looking to the left. This is because the ONE moment I looked to the right I saw straight down. It was a sobering reminder of my mortality and (as a result) those are now my “lucky” Converse All-Stars.
Cancun Day Six: Time to Go Home
Jun 16th
Our final day in Cancun was bittersweet. It was hard to say goodbye to the blue beaches and AWESOME tacos, but many of us were ready to return home to our own beds and safe drinking water. That morning, though, we went down to the beach one more time. Here are some of my other favorite photos I took during the trip…
A great view of the resort’s beach at sunset (taken from the water)
The view from our room
Did I mention how blue the water was?
A bunch of crazy drunks after that night at Carlos & Charlie’s
My balls being eaten by the alligator outside of the Rainforest Cafe
Bimbo(s)?
A hot señorita on the beach (drinking Starbucks)
Cancun Day Five, Part 2: Cenote Ik Kil
Jun 15th
From Wikipedia:
A cenote is a sinkhole with exposed rocky edges containing groundwater. It is typically found in the Yucatán Peninsula and some nearby Caribbean islands. The term is derived from a word used by the low-land Yucatec Maya to refer to any location where groundwater is accessible.
After leaving Chichén Itzá, the tour bus took us to a local cenote called Cenote Ik Kil. The weekend before, it was the site of a Red Bull diving competition and the location is breathtaking to behold. Though we didn’t have a ninety foot platform to dive off of, the stairs still took us up a good thirty or so feet high to jump into the water. Here’s a video of Chris, Angie(!), Scott, Troy and I taking the plunge:
The water has oxygen pumped into it making it a clear blue. You can see the fish (and there are plenty of them) swimming around as you wade in the cool water. The pool itself goes down over a hundred feed. Oddly enough (as you can see in the photo above) most people didn’t get in the water. Me? I couldn’t stay out of it. Here’s me performing that graceful diving form known as “the cannonball”:
BONUS: More Wizarding World of Harry Potter photos
Jun 13th
My father-in-law also took a number of photos (in more detail than my camera phone.) You can see all of them here – and check out a few choice photos below (click the photo for a larger version.)
Cancun Day Five, Part 1: Chichén Itzá
Jun 12th
Monday morning we all made our way down to the lobby of the hotel at 7:30 AM to start a day that none of us will ever forget. The bus pulled up and we jumped in on our way to Chichen Itza.
“Chicks n’ Pizza” (my favorite mispronouncing of the name) is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the Yucatán state, present-day Mexico. It is considered one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. (Now only six to go!)
The bus trip was about two and half hours each way. Luckily, we all (Angie, Chris, Kim, Troy, Scott, Shannon and I) all agreed to pay for the more expensive tour package. The bus we sat in had tables in front of us, plenty of room, breakfast on the road, and drinks along the way. It made the time go quickly as we were driven over a hundred miles west to the Mayan ruins.
Once we got there, we stepped out into what was (easily) 110 degrees of heat. Instant sweaty clothing.
Our tour guide, Norma, was amazing. She spoke perfect English and walked us around the ruins pointing out the details of interest including:
- Sound bending to sound like a bird call when you clap in front of the temple.
- The Sacred Cenote.
- Beheadings during Mayan sporting events.
You can view all of the photos I took here – and here are a few of my favorites:
