Wedding Anniversary

Big 21!  Last year we were drinking Spanish cava with no thought of coming back to the U.S. and this year we’re snowed in in Utah.  You never know what the new year will bring.  Through all of it I’m glad to have my partner by my side.

A Few Movie Suggestions

Driving to Idaho the other day reminded me a ton of the desolate scenery in the movie Winter’s Bone. I didn’t know after I watched it what I thought of it but I’ve thought about it quite a few times since then so it certainly made an impact. Besides catching up on old seasons of The Office and 30 Rock, I’ve watched a few good documentaries.


Here are some recommendations…

Banksy’s documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop

Chris Rock’s Good Hair

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

I also watched the controversial Joaquin Phoenix documentary I’m Still Here but I wouldn’t say I recommend it. It’s got some brilliant moments but most of it is hard to sit through.  His hair alone kept me interested.  It always makes me laugh when someone faces the world with bed head.

Favorite Beverage

They Have a Certain Style

I did some research to see if these murals in Union Station were part of a public works program but they were not.  However, the artist is famous for some of his public works murals.  If this was a conservative community I'd almost wonder if the artist wasn't having a laugh on them.

Union Station - Ogden

Idaho

When adding up the number of states she’s visited, my friend L stipulates that you must sleep in a state for it to count. I think just having a meal in a state should suffice, and if you count A and I eating a bag of Smartfood popcorn in a gas station as H buys a lottery ticket, then we’ve been to Idaho! There seems to be nothing to do in Idaho besides the lottery. When we walked in there a guy was in line buying 100 scratch tickets and the line was pretty long. It was a spur of the moment drive up and if we were ever to go to Idaho again, it’s pretty obvious you’ve got to get kind of deep into the state to find life.

It was pretty cold today. As we drove up we passed a Nissan pickup truck that had two dogs in the back and I was feeling pretty bad for them. When we passed the truck, I said to H that the driver looked like the guy on Mythbusters. He was wearing a beret and had one of those walrus mustaches and smiled when I passed. H’s response was, “Maybe he was trying to bust the myth that dogs won’t freeze solid in the back of a pickup truck in winter”.

Here’s a picture of Idaho. Funny we left beautiful sunny blue skies in Utah and got up north and it was white all around.

Should've Known

Today was H’s only day off while A& I are also off so I suggested with the weather nice we take a drive north to Ogden.  I was reading in a guidebook that it had a refurbished Union Station and a nice little historic district.  I’m glad it was only an hour drive because there was not much to see.  When we walked in the Visitor’s Center, this was one of the displays.  When Lassie’s visit is a highlight, there ain’t much going on.  When I read about Union Station, I was picturing something like the St. Louis Union Station.  I need to re-think my perception of things out here in the wild wild west.