Weekend In Provo - what I learned

My friend Melissa was going up to Salt Lake City to watch her mother speed walk a marathon. And since Dan couldn't come, she asked if I would like a ride up to Provo.

Free ride to visit my sister? 12 hours of a captive (and I use that term literally) audience? Sign me up sister. Poor Melissa didn't know what she was getting herself into.

Of course I realize I was the second choice traveling companion, but I've accepted that fact and take what I can git.

And it shore made the ride much faster and funner. A talking human is always better than a cheese eating bird.

Yes, that was one of the many great truths I learned this weekend.

Here is the rest, in chronological order.

ahem.

ONE
Never, never, EVER, in ANY circumstance is it a good idea to run a marathon.

Oh sure, you could do it... but just wait until ur body catches up with what u have done.

LIQUID!! I NEED LIQUID!
Luckily for Julie Metge there were kind doctors there with an IV, two bags of saline, and instructions to ingest 32 ounces of liquid in the next hour.

Emily and I decided we like to watch the middle of Marathons, not the end with people collapsing or being treated for blisters and such. (BTW, she is doing fine. Its amazing how quickly your body can recover one it gets the hydrated again)

TWO
Never spend 15 minutes pushing random buttons trying to change the shutter speed on your camera. It won't work, And you'll delete all the pictures you took the day before.

THREE
Snow melt water is COLD. I stood on rocks whenever possible. Of course, Thorpe loved it.And boy was it ever packed! Apparently Pioneer Weekend is not a good day to go up the canyon. On a positive note, with the crowds came snowcones. Even Thorpe got one.

And we got to look at spider webs on the way over to the shack.

FOUR
Hiking in a wheelchair is kinda hard! But not for the wheelchair bound.
Though the rewards are pretty great. If you can believe it, the water here was EVEN COLDER than Bridal Veil Falls! (a bridge and an old beaver pond)All the things you need for a hike. Socks, pan pipes (Snake grass), and a long piece of grass.
FIVE
Never let a dog revert. He will roll violently in fresh horse Poop to keep his prey from smelling him.
Then you will have to bring out the shampoo and soap (which Angela just happened to have in the car since she is on her way back to NM from school) .

First a wash of the vest,

the dog,And a shake,
And a wash again.
Stinky doggy! You will end up pretty muddy and wet.And have a poor tired doggy on ur hands.
The END

PS. Afterwards Thorpe still didn't smell very good so Emily rubbed mint on him. When we went out to eat that evening, we asked to be seated on the patio. :-)