christmas day

Rachel is really working on her walking ans she loves to practice with her walker grandma and grandpa Rasmussen (Santa) got her.

computer trouble

I wanted to post a picture of my short hair. Josh is sad. but my computer had issues. the monitor refused to work for more than two seconds. Josh says it probably has a short and is broken so right now I am using our TV as a monitor. Pretty cool that it can do that. maybe when Josh's mom is here tomorrow she can take a picture of me.

flat

Coming back from the jetty we got a flat. I heard a thump thump thump and asked Josh if he could hear it. He did not at first but it quickly got louder. our tire was shredded to bits. Josh was great though he was calm got us down the hill and to a level spot, changed the tire and got us back on the road. I called John while he drove and got directions to a Big-O tire and we ate lunch while they put on new ones. Rachel was very good considering all the driving.

Spiral Jetty

The spiral Jetty is the art of Robert Smithson made in 1970. There was a drought but within a few years it was covered by water and has continued to be submerged every now and then. It's 1500 ft long and 15 ft wide. the water levels and and salinity of the water change the look and color from time to time. It was the middle of the day but still pretty cold for Rachel so we walked down to it and onto it but did not walk all the way down it.

cow!

Holy cow!

To get to the spiral Jetty we had to go down a gravel road through a bunch of farmers land. The sign watch for cows on road was very serious we ran into several groups and one huge heard! at least a 50-100 head.

promontory point

We visited Promontory point Utah which is where the golden spike was laid to connect the east and west railroads. We watched a video looked at the museum and the site and monument. They had a penny machine but i did not work when Josh tried it. Very sad.