Tybee Island, GA

About a week ago I spent my last day in Savannah so I decided to head out to Tybee Island.  I heard there was a real, old lighthouse there and that it was a pretty neat beach town.  I had also heard there was an old fort there too.  It was already sort of late in the day when I decided to go so I said to my buddy, "If we hurry we'll make it to the fort in time."  The lighthouse was cool, but the fort wasn't that impressive.  Still, it was beautiful and relaxing!

Me training.  Very candid shot.

Staring at this is so relaxing.

Doesn't this look soo cool?

I'm thinking rent this for a big family vacation??

Interesting bumper sticker spotted on the way there.

Dublin, GA

I was in Dublin, GA for about 6 weeks.  It is known across the state of Georgia for The Redneck Games.  As far as my work schedule would permit, I went to the games to see what it was all about. Here are a few photos I took while I was there. **Zooming-in on these photos may cause temporary loss of eyesight.  Enjoy!

"Look at my beer torch!"

Nominated for "Who's Who Among the Dumb and Ugly in GA"

Little boy: "Hey mister, will you take a picture of my hat?"  So, I did.

Will someone please explain this one to me??

Belly-flop contest....in the MUD!!  Cool man!

The Moon

I read somewhere that my camera can take decent photos of the moon. So the other night I decided to give it a try.

Gators!

While I was in South Florida I lived about 5 miles from the Everglades.  I instantly gained a fascination for alligators and learned that they are actually pretty aggressive.  Here are some of the photos I took.

Blue Heron

Blue Heron eating a fish.

Vulture

Chomp Chomp!

This man told us if you stand by the bank, the alligators will begin to gather around because they think you are the next kill.  So we tried it out and he was right!  Gators start to just pop up here and there.  You have to be careful cuz they are super sneaky!  I had one jump while I was standing down by the bank...YIKES!!

Hot? Yes. Hell? No. South Florida? Yes!

Well, I have now been in South Florida for exactly 20 days!  To be exact I am living in Parkland, Florida.  It's just a little northwest of Ft. Lauderdale and thank goodness it is one of the nicer areas around here.  The drive was VERY long from Utah to South Florida but luckily I have an amazing sister who lives in Iowa and wonderful parents in Alabama, so I had places to stay and rest along the trip.  Still though I was exhausted and dazed after the long trek.  This is how I looked and felt.

For the most part I have been extremely busy with work.  Some days I start working at about 9am and then finish at like 11pm, some days even later!  But most of this didn't come as a surprise to me since this is my fifth year working for Vivint.  I'm the operations manager for our south Florida office, which means I manage the whole installation side of things - everything from scheduling to inventory to making sure that at the end of the day the customers' systems are installed correctly and in a timely manner.  Most of my technicians this summer are new.  Like fresh off the boat new.  But they are learning quickly and I'm excited for them to earn a good living.

Surprisingly I've only been to the beach twice in the three weeks I've been here.  Can you believe that?  Once I get a more routine daily schedule I'll be able to go more often.   Nevertheless, here are a few photos I took at the beach the second day I was here.  By the time I actually made it over there, it was nearly dark so I had to take these pics with the shutter speed slowed way down and they are sort of blurry.

My apartment which also serves as the office where the sales reps have daily meetings.  I get the master bedroom all to myself!

 The kitchen.

Bedroom

 Bathroom

 Closet

 View from bedroom window.

View from the back upstairs.  I was hoping there would be alligators in this pond but I haven't seen any yet.

Well, I gotta run for now.  My next post will be about a couple of my alligator excursions.  I took some AWESOME photos so stay tuned!

Zion National Park July 2009

I went to Zion National Park in southern Utah about three weeks ago. It was awesome! I had never been there before and will definitely return. We hiked Angel's Landing. I think it is only a five mile round-trip hike, but it is uphill the whole way!! The hardest part is when the sign says there is only .5 mile to go. The picture of a narrow ridge is part of the trail. One of the girls with us turned back - she got scared. All in all a great hike.
And then I took a dip in the Virgin River down at the bottom.