Day on the town

Bowling, Ice skating and 3 hours of Wii, all in all a very good day.I bowled a 120, wooo!
The place was pretty packed for noon on a tuesday. There were also around 20 shirts that said "Elkins class of 2013"....
Is it just me or does this photo make the place look like a midget bowling alley.

The view is nice

Which might be one of the reason's I'm always home so much.

day trip

On Wednesday my friend Brandon and I went for a day hike out in Newton county down Indian Creek. Our goal was to reach and see the "Eye of the Needle," which is pictured below. October is my favorite month which was proved reasonable by the beautiful scenery we came across as we trekked up and down boulders for 6 miles more or less.I'm really glad I decided to go ahead and put new batteries in my camera at this point of the hike or I would have missed this photo above.



Seeing as I was walking behind Brandon most of the day, he is pictured in a lot of photos.


From the other side of the "Eye of the Needle."

Am I a Sarah bandit?

Some say that this young lady and I look alike, but when Sarah Hughes and I stand side by side I'm fairly certain that we just look like plausible sisters. In the past bartenders have asked, "Sarah, would you like a drink?" And when I respond yes and they give me a drink and say it's on the house, I always wonder if they think they have just given a drink to Sara Taylor or Sarah Hughes the local folk singer. I would have to make an educated guess that around once a week at the least someone tells me they really enjoyed my show the other night, and around once a month I get a big hug from someone asking what I am doing in town, since Miss Hughes recently moved to Austin. It's not really a hard life being a faux Sarah, so maybe I'll just grab a guitar and milk it for all the sweet beer I can drink.

I love weapons

It turns out light sabors are really fun to play with, especially when you can use the iPhone light sabor simulator at the same time. And yes mom, this is in fact what I do all day long.

Rookie Ride was fun this year

Mushrooms

In my backyard there are hundreds of these guys hanging out, growing and dying. Pretty cool lookin' if you ask me.

So the Razorback game was pretty fun.

Jesse and Clara got married at the Aquarium! Whoah cool!

Although the Smiths were legally married 1 and 1/2 years ago, they publicly tied the knot last night at the Aquarium in Tulsa, OK. I don't know about you guys, but I have for sure never been to a wedding in front of a shark tank before now and it was sweet! Several of us were sort of secretly hoping that they would be IN the tank and float down in scuba gear. I think I would have been just a little bit blown away and labeled this the "Most Satisfying Wedding EVER." But the food was good and the bride and her dress were gorgeous.
Shark tank is behind them.
View from the tunnel inside the tank.
These turtles were stacked. Hmmm...
Kissing the bride.
Upon entering the shark tank tunnel there was a bit of fear that had to be overcome.
My heels sitting on the wall, they were about a 1/2 size too small.
Clown fish I believe.
Blow fish.

Electric eel! (I think)
Jelly fish.
The cake!
Beautiful roses.
Oh yeah, and we drank a little wine.

Tim's Vinegar and Oil.

Welcome to Chester, AR

My Grandma Cronin and Aunt Connie came into town from California yesterday and so we all went out to lunch today. And where else in the entire state of Arkansas would my step-dad choose to eat but in Chester, Ar. So after 45 minutes of driving on the Pig Trail and nearly loosing my appetite due to motion sickness(I know, a little pathetic) we arrived at our destination. Here are some highlights. The waitress mentioned that "Bill had an old car he was tryin' to fix up so they could have their very own cop car in town."
Cat right outside the bathroom.
I'm not sure I even know what this means, but so far the town has 3 churches and no cop car.
The antique store did have several very cool old cameras though.

In the city

This post is a little late, but here is a taste of the time I spent in Seattle post-Potlatch.
Vikki and I perused Pike market for 3-4 hours.
Elevator? Nope, just a one-seater bathroom.
"First" starbucks.


Vikki, Joel, Karl and I did a little sea-kayaking the day before leaving.