South West - Another World
Hello chaps!
I’m in Utah, land of desert, poker machines in supermarkets and Mormons. I have journeyed far and am in Zion – camping in the national park in the 44 degree heat. WOO!It is beautiful here – but I’m not sure about this living in a tent business or the hiking business or the masses of insects and arachnids that descend into the camp ground at night - Oh, hello there Mr. Scorpion you cheeky devil! No, no, I’m sorry, but you can’t share my sleeping bag tonight. Oh, I’m exaggerating; it’s not that bad really. The people on the tour are interesting... and by interesting I mean utterly uninteresting. They’re all pleasant enough investment planning 30somethings who have come to “get back to nature.” Ho-hum.
So what have I been up to?
*ALCATRAZ: Oh-ho yes! What fun! Some notorious criminals, including Al Capone, stayed there curtsey of the state. And oh such elaborate escape plans! One involved making a paper-mache dummy head to fool the guards. It’s now, ironically, a national park home to a mass on seagulls…
* YOSEMITE: What does one say? The landscape is so different from anything in Australia. It was beautiful. Squirrels, pine trees, waterfalls, snow…and the possibility of being eaten by a bear. Fun indeed.
*BODIE: Oooooo! Bodie is a ghost town from the mid to late 19th century Western gold-mining era. It was infamous for it’s violent characters and general wickedness. One little girl wrote when her family moved to Bodie “Godbye God. I’m going to Bodie.” Ha ha! Decrepit wooden houses and eerie 19th century photographs... Ah, it is the stuff I dream of…
* RACHEL - A town named after me! It's near the infamous Area 51 and is home to nothing but a gas station and a beer bar called The Little ALEINN. Get it? ALE INN. ALIEN. Oh the crass joy!
*WAL-MART in Utah: Yes, Wal-Mart is huge. It’s like a supermarket, Kmart, chemist, hairdressers, video arcade and pokies club all in one. It was here that I indulged in some Mormon spotting – three little blonde girls with plaited hair and Little House on the Prairie style dresses. Their legs were entirely covered in thick leggings and socks so that no flesh could be seen. Three little boys with shirts buttoned all the way up to the top, middle-aged man pants, clipped hair and cowboy boots. Interesting…
Anyway, better be off to camp for tea. Goodbye air-conditioned bliss! Hello wall of staggering desert heat!
Rachel.
Jake & Lisa – Of course I sent your love to Bob Sagget! Sweet, sweet Bob Sagget…
Erin – I’m sure if there had of been a cement mixer to plow into while I was cycling, I would have.
Jools – Lovely to hear from you. GO TO SAN FRANCISCO. It is good, yes…
Esther – Oooo yes! Johnny Depp taffy… I think there is a market.
Chris – Yay! You got the badges! Whoops about the address bungle. Well, your neighbour already thinks you’re nuts, doesn’t she?
Nix & Dan - Ooooo! Can't wait to see Pirates... New and improved with racism and delightful slash combos, eh?
posted by Jonny S. | 3:24 PM
8 Comments:
Hey kids. I need some help from you uber-bloggers. I can't seem to post pictures. Any ideas on how I can rectify the situation?
Rae.
Set up an account with someone like photobucket.com or flickr.com, upload your piccies to them, and then you can post photos to your blog direct from there. That's what we did. Hope that helped.
It might also be easier (once you've set up a photobucket or flickr account) just to post a link to that site. That way we can look at all your pics without them having to migrate over here.
But if you do wanna post pics in here, you just need the URL I think.
actually, with photobucket they (used to) have a button like "blog it" or something, and after you link the sites you just hit the button under the appropriate pic and it gets sent here...
i am a few months behind the times, though.
can't wait to see pics of the landscape and such things. EEEEEEEEEEEEscorpians YUKYUKYUK. miss you. having a housewarming on sunday, just in case you're around the area!
oooh! i love pokie machines... gamble pigs a plenty - oink oink.
did you see the guns at walmart? .. hmmm not shibby.
be goods rae. me misses you. not much to report. all good. no forehead slapping penis'... :)
A Scorpion is all well and good but did you happen to encounter a Caterpillar and ask it if it was feeling queer?... I hear that Caterpillar's (and possibly other creatures - using that term loosely) have a bit of a smoking addiction over in the States so I hope you didn't succumb to peer pressure! America sounds so excessive and full of unnecessary drama!... I'd fit right in! Hehe! And Rach, when you're considered fairly 'normal' (hate that term but you get what I mean) then you really have to wonder... :P Take care! Lisa xoxo
Where are you? I need a distraction from current sagas filling my life. Actually there is only one saga going on, but its big enough! I'll email you with the lame details soon. :) L
Ps. I hope you haven't been eaten by any wildlife.
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