An old GartMedia Production

This one has been in pre-production for almost a year. Time to share it with the public. Lots of exposition in the beginning but things really pick up about 3 minutes in.

Indulge me

Back to politics for just a quick mo but this is a fantastic distillation of how politics works when you are not crazy (i.e., certain members of the GOP)

GartMedia Production

Not my best work, but still ok given the turn-around time.

The End

Sniffle. Trip OVER. I'm blogging from my plane back to NYC/real life. I'm bummed and hereby refuse to say anything funny in this post out of protest. This is how I feel:


I will post a few good final pictographs though:


Those are our shadows. Lily is making a C and I am making a T - but we really don't know why we chose those letters.


This picture supposedly captures how dirty I was, but I don't really look that bad. Basically, it was impossible for any more dirt to fit on our bodies.


Right before our last hike.


Bryce Canyon hike.


We clean up nicely, if I do say so myself. This is our first time showering in like 5 days. Lily is such a debutante.


View from our hotel in Vegas. Lily's awesome brother-in-law got us a baller suite. No big deal.


Lydia's dance moves.


We spent our last morning at the pool. It was cleaner than the Colorado River by a bit.

Well, I suppose that is all for now. Gartmedia Productions are in the pre-production phase, but I'm sure a trailer will be posted here soon.

Total miles: 3,200
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Location:Airport Sht Term Park,Las Vegas,United States

Fitness

You may think that after all this hiking and nature and exercise, I would be getting in pretty good shape.

You'd be pretty wrong. This is what I look like after climbing a small mountain (more like a hill):


I hate you, lily, for taking this picture.

Miles: 2,900
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Location:E Center St,Cedar City,United States

Dirty

Well we made it to Bryce Canyon National Park, and you know what? We are FILTHY. haven't showered in four days. Have hiked and gotten super sweaty every day. Swam in a lake. Here look - this is a splash of mud that has been on my leg for literally three days:


We've* pretty much stopped changing clothes too. This evening, we even took pictures of each other's awesome gross hair. We are both developing dreds. Dreads? Hm.






*I use we there as the royal we - lily changes her clothes often, it's just me who doesn't. Heh.
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Location:N Camp Ground Rd,Tropic,United States

Neck Spring Trail

Sniff. We had to pack up our campsite today to hit the road again. We've really grown attached to our lil primitive site on the river these last two nights.

Anyway, onwards, to Canyonlands National Park! The great thing about the Utah NPs is that their names tell you everything you need to know about them. Guess what Arches NP has a lot of?

Yup:


And canyonlands has a lot of these:


Nailed it, God. (that's one of our inside jokes from the trip. Other things God has nailed include panda bears, the Rocky Mountains, and the Simon & Garfunkel song "Bridge Over Troubled Water," but He dropped the ball on polar bears).

Anyway. Good hike! Maybe the nest yet! About 6 miles of solitary desert hiking first through a canyon:


And then up along a ridge:


Good views, and that takes us through our third National Park of the trip, and third day of camping, and, most importantly, fourth day of not showering.

Miles: 2,500
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Location:BRYCE,United States