The Silent Blog: December 2008

1996 to December 22, 2008
R.I.P. little brother.

Here's a link to a video tribute to the little guy: Click Here if you want to watch it.

Why are they doing it?

Fair question. Say one day you had to rush home from work because the newsies decided to bring on Windstorm 2006! and the ferry dock, because you live on a island of course, is flooded with about 2 feet of sewage and water, the rain so hard that Diana was soaked from head to toe despite the umbrella, just barely making it on the boat as the ferry workers dodge floaties, to get home and batten down the hatches and prepare for disaster. And say that at about 9 pm, with the wind now really starting to pick up, knocks the power off, and you and the fam decide to camp out downstairs because your bedroom is up there close to the trees surrounding your house, and then say after hours of listening to trees crashing all around you, debris hitting your house, at about 1am KABLAM! your house gets whacked by a Douglas Fir. Power's out for a week. Red Cross sets up a shelter on island, you head for the mainland. What do you do? I don't know what you would do, but when Di came home one day weeks after this mess and said, "Do you want to go on a 3 month climbing trip?" Well I guess you could say our new life began. Sold the house and furniture. Bought a van. Started bouldering on the Leavenworth granite. Met some really cool people in the process...even this guy...and the journey goes on. Long story short: It's a tree that got us into this thing, so it is into the trees we go!

The Silent Blog

Monday, December 22, 2008

In Memory of The Great Bodhisattva

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Just messin' with Mac's imovie...

Seattle Snowstorm 2008

Blog Archive

Di and J: Who are they?

What are they doing?

The Van (a.k.a. home for 3 months)

Why are they doing it?

Thank you!

Our mountain bikes

Reason I haven't eaten or showered since being told of this blog thing?